Story preview
Topics in this story
Continue reading on the publisher site for the full article.
Read on publisher →theguardian.com
News Atlas is free and independent. If it’s useful to you, you can support it with a coffee. ☕ Buy me a coffee
Coverage
Tone
Context from Wikipedia on the organisations, people and places in this story.
American baseball player (born 1983)
Justin Brooks Verlander is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants. A three-time Cy Young Award winner, an American League Most Valuable Player Award recipient, and a two-time World Series champion, Verlander is considered one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.
More on Wikipedia ↗Outlets covering it
13
in the last 3 days
First reported
3 days ago
11 outlets since
Countries
12 other outlets reported this story in the last 3 days.
The three-time Cy Young winner walked off hand-in-hand with his seven-year-old daughter after completing the final start of his 21-season career
The pitcher said 7-year-old Genevieve had “never seen me cry like that, like that deep of a sob.”
Justin Verlander broke down in tears when his 7-year-old daughter ran out to him after his last pitch this past Saturday.