Man, you won’t believe the rabbit hole I went down today. It all started with this baseball kid, Jackson Holliday. I was watching some highlights, and the announcer mentioned he was following in his dad’s footsteps. Naturally, I got curious, so I started digging.
First, I typed “Jackson Holliday dad” into the search bar. Turns out, his dad is Matt Holliday, a big-time former MLB player. Seven-time All-Star, can you believe it? I used to watch him play back in the day, and I had no idea about this connection.
- So I’m reading about Matt, right? And then I stumble upon this whole thing about baseball families.
- Seems like Jackson’s grandpa, Tom Holliday, was a college baseball coach for like, 40 years.
- And his uncle, Josh, is also involved in the sport.
- This family is practically baseball royalty!
Then, just for kicks, I looked up other father-son duos in baseball, thinking, “There can’t be that many, right?” Wrong! It’s actually pretty common. But here’s a fun fact: Jackson and Matt wear the same uniform number, 7. Now that is something special, isn’t it?
Generational Talent
This whole thing got me thinking about those families where talent just seems to run in their blood. Like, there are even third-generation MLB players! The Bells, the Boones, and the Colemans are three big ones. The Colemans are the only ones who were all pitchers, which is kind of neat.
I even went down a bit of a side road and found this story about Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr., who played together in 1990. Imagine sharing the field with your dad like that!
Anyway, that was my afternoon. From a simple highlight reel to a full-blown baseball history lesson. You never know where the internet will take you. I just thought it was a cool story about a family’s love for the game, passed down through generations. Makes you wonder what Jackson’s little brother, Ethan, will do, huh? He’s already committed to play college ball, following in the family tradition. Crazy stuff!
