Dream come true: Major League Baseball player sees boy playing in yard, stops to play catch with him

HOUSTON, Texas -- Blake Foley is persistent erstwhile it comes to pitching and catching.

"When I person escaped time, I usually conscionable play baseball," Blake told ABC13.

It's a acquainted beforehand gait enactment for the 11-year-old, with a acquainted throwing partner: his mom, Hope.

"Almost each day, helium asks to play catch," Hope, a parent of four, said.

It isn't each time that 1 of the champion pitchers connected your favourite squad crashes your throwing session.

While Blake and his Mom were precocious playing drawback successful beforehand of their house, Astros alleviation pitcher Ryan Pressly, who lives nearby, pulled over. He stepped retired of his conveyance and asked Hope to get her mitt truthful the Major League Baseball All-Star could propulsion with Blake.

"No mode is helium wanting to play drawback with me," Blake recalled. "I'm like, 'holy cow, this is crazy.'"

Blake and Pressly were acquainted with each different from the vicinity and had antecedently interacted. However, arsenic Blake explained portion reenacting however it each went down, the antheral who recorded the last retired of the 2022 World Series has ne'er offered to play drawback before. This people made Blake a small nervous.

"I got mode much comfy aft the archetypal 5 throws," Blake admitted. "I was like, 'don't miss it, don't miss it.'"

Pressly stayed for respective minutes, not lone playing drawback but besides letting Blake effort to deed a whiffle shot disconnected him and vice versa.

"The full metropolis should cognize however astonishing Ryan Pressly is and what helium did to walk clip with a immense Astros fan," Hope shared.

After Blake's favourite throwing partner, his mother, was concisely replaced by his favourite large leaguer, volition it beryllium pugnacious to flip with Mom aft Pressly turned this beforehand gait into a tract of dreams?

"My ma is great, but if I had the chance, I'd play with an MLB shot subordinate each time."

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