Raleigh meets 'dump here' fan who caught his home run ball

Cal Raleigh chose the close clip and -- astir importantly -- the close recipient for his archetypal postseason location tally successful 2025.

On Tuesday, the Seattle Mariners prima smashed a 391-foot changeable successful the apical of the ninth inning during Game 3 of the American League Division Series astatine the Detroit Tigers.

The shot bounced wrong the Mariners' dugout and into the mitt of a instrumentality successful the stands prepared for the moment. They were wearing a garment that work "Dump 61 Here," the fig referring to Raleigh's combined regular play and playoffs location tally total.

After the game, Raleigh posed alongside the instrumentality and handed them a shot and an autographed bat that read: "Jameson, acknowledgment for cheering america connected and catching 61."

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Cameras besides showed the instrumentality aboriginal putting connected different garment with a akin design, replacing No. 61 with No. 62.

Of the 10 60-home tally regular seasons successful MLB history, Raleigh is the 4th to beryllium paired with a postseason location tally arsenic well, according to ESPN Research. New York Yankees skipper Aaron Judge is the lone different subordinate to bash truthful this century.

Raleigh had 3 RBI successful the Mariners' 8-4 Game 3 victory, becoming the archetypal catcher successful franchise past to bash truthful successful a postseason game

Seattle is present 1 triumph distant from its archetypal ALCS quality since 2001.