{"id":679667,"date":"2026-04-20T09:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679667\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:04:38","slug":"tender-moment-caught-on-camera-when-pittsburgh-pirates-player-throws-ball-to-young-fan-at-pnc-park-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679667\/","title":{"rendered":"Tender moment caught on camera when Pittsburgh Pirates player throws ball to young fan at PNC Park \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A tender moment was caught on camera during the Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/sports\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates\/much-needed-start-mitch-keller-leads-pirates-rubber-match-win-over-rays\/JJDGOFUEGNE6DPMSMWNRZ3HIYM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/sports\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates\/much-needed-start-mitch-keller-leads-pirates-rubber-match-win-over-rays\/JJDGOFUEGNE6DPMSMWNRZ3HIYM\/\">rubber match with the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> at PNC Park on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pirates shared a clip on social media showing left fielder Jake Mangum throwing a baseball to a young fan, who then embraces another child next to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Asked by an interviewer what he thought of the interaction, Mangum said it was \u201creally cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWatching the dad\u2019s reaction to their kids catching the ball was really cool. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about,\u201d Mangum said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">You can watch the heartwarming clip below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A tender moment was caught on camera during the Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 rubber match with the Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,85991,85990,85992,85988,85989,4,10,776,64,4297,1545,85995,85993,85994],"class_list":{"0":"post-679667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brother-sister-jake-mangum","10":"tag-brother-sister-pnc-park","11":"tag-jake-mangum-throws-baseball","12":"tag-kid-catches-ball","13":"tag-kid-hugs-sister-at-pnc-park","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-pirates","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","18":"tag-pittsburghpirates","19":"tag-pnc-park","20":"tag-young-fan-catches-baseball","21":"tag-young-fan-jake-mangum","22":"tag-young-fan-pnc-park"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116436239017718844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}