Triston Casas Told An Insane, Yet Heartwarming, Father’s Day Story During Sunday Night’s Game

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Red Sox star Triston Casas told one of the the craziest Father’s Day stories when he was being interview on the air from the dugout during Sunday night’s game versus the Yankees.

The 24-year-old first baseman shared a heartwarming story about his dad getting arrested during one of his Little League games.

Yes, heartwarming. You just have to stick around to the end of the story for the good stuff.

“So, I’m in coach-pitch and, you know, I’m so young I don’t really know what’s going on at this point still. I’m still just playing baseball just to burn calories and get out there and get some sun, right?” Triston told the Sunday Night Baseball broadcasting crew.

“An, you know, I get out one day and I come back to the dugout crying, pissed, and you know, that’s what a six-year-old does. He sits on the bench and he cries and he doesn’t want to go out there when his team’s playing defense.

“So, my dad, being the dad that he is, trying to teach me the lessons that he did in his own special way, came into the dugout. He actually grabbed me by the shirt, dragged me to the line, and Looney Tunes-style kicked me out onto the field.

“And actually had one of my best friends I went to high school with later, he ended up playing pro ball, his mom actually called child services on my dad and had him arrested at the field. No, no, no, for real, this is no joke. At the field.

“I see my dad go away in the cop car, gets arrested, spends the night in jail.

“But that day, that taught me a super valuable lesson that not a lot of people know and it’s that I had a responsibility to my teammates, I had a responsibility to my coaches, to the parents that showed up that day, all the fans who were at that Little League game, or whatever it may be, to go out there and give my best effort no matter how I was feeling on the bench. No matter what I was going through that day or whatever little hardship I was feeling when I got out that I still apply every time, because sometimes I just want to sit down on this bench after I get out and I want to weep and I want to cry, but that’s not how baseball is.

“So, yeah, I love my dad to death. I wouldn’t have this opportunity without him.”