These are my top three favorite, none mid one-knee homer photos of Beltre. In order. I love the first one ‘cause you see his battered glove, with his flag on it, and he just looks great in it.
Then the second because, Hamilton and Beltre really meant a lot to me, in the slow downward spiral we had following the last World Series game we had. They both had different paths, in our organization, and as Josh fell from grace, only to return like our prodigal, Adrian held down the sinking ship better than any captain could.
The third from our last playoff bout (we didn’t do much), but it felt really special when I first saw it. I love that the guys wear snow goggles now, in baseball, when they’re shooting off the champagne. I know some people hate it and it looks a little bit ridiculous, but there’s something really goofy about it and baseball is goofy, in a special sort of way, when you think about it. And cigars just really do something for me. They’re such a power move.