Bret Saberhagen Kept His Promise to a Young McKinney Baseball Player

Bret Saberhagen Kept His Promise to a Young McKinney Baseball Player

There’s an often-used warning: Meeting your heroes can lead to disappointment. But 12-year-old Joe Spear and his family have done just that, and the experience was anything but disappointing. A year ago this month, Joe wrote to former MLB pitcher Bret Saberhagen, who pitched for the Royals, the Rockies, the Red Sox, and the Mets … Continued The post A Year Ago, He Wrote to a Baseball Hero. Then the Hero Showed Up. appeared first on D Magazine.