{"id":680087,"date":"2026-04-21T00:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:42:34","slug":"mlb-moment-goes-viral-as-big-brothers-selfless-gesture-steals-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680087\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB moment goes viral as big brother\u2019s selfless gesture steals the show"},"content":{"rendered":"

No doubt one of the most viral moments of this year\u2019s MLB season came when a Pittsburgh Pirates cameraman caught second-year outfielder Jake Mangum tossing a ball into the stands between innings at PNC Park. He aimed for a kid wearing a Paul Skenes jersey, and the kid made a great catch. But instead of keeping the ball, he immediately handed it to his little sister, who hugged him so hard it melted hearts around the world.<\/p>\n

Here are just some of the comments on social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jomo B.: \ud83e\udd79 Darn allergies got my eyes watering<\/p>\n

Justin M.: First of all, good catch kid… secondly, never stop being that big brother \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfff<\/p>\n

Michael F.: She hugged him like he was her hero.<\/p>\n

@EverydayResell: That little handoff just melted the whole stadium. Nothing beats seeing a kid turn a big league souvenir into the best sister gift ever.<\/p>\n

@deepakThamizhK: Everyone’s watching the catch, nobody’s noticing the kid didn’t even hesitate before giving it away. That instinct? You can’t coach that, seriously.<\/p>\n

@StreetClashKing: That’s pure sibling love \u2764\ufe0f Baseball delivering the best wins off the field too.<\/p>\n

@THEMarkEdwards1: And just like that, I became a Jake Mangum fan. Players like this will ensure the continuation of this game. Well done.<\/p>\n

According to Yahoo Sports<\/a>, Mangum later told 93.7 The Fan that he noticed the girl wearing his jersey between innings. \u201cI\u2019m a new player here. I think it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen my jersey in the stadium. That was pretty cool.\u201d He added, \u201cI knew they were all related because when they caught it, you saw the dad going like \u2018yes, yes, yes.\u2019 That was awesome. Moments like that, stuff like that, it\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is right. As a parent of kids around the same ages, my son is 9 and my daughter is 6, this would have made my year. User @PrimeWallner commented on MLB\u2019s post: \u201cDad in the back knew he succeeded as a parent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only were the parents proud, but so was Mangum\u2019s mother. She reshared MLB\u2019s post and wrote, \u201cMy mama heart is so full… thanking the Lord every day on this journey with Jake! The sweetest video of this precious family!\u201d<\/p>\n

The kids\u2019 aunt also chimed in: \u201cMy niece and nephew!!! And he DID make their day!!\u201d<\/p>\n

In reality, this moment between the player and the siblings made everyone\u2019s day, especially mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No doubt one of the most viral moments of this year\u2019s MLB season came when a Pittsburgh Pirates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,407,4,877,64,86017],"class_list":{"0":"post-680087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-jake-mangum","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-paul-skenes","12":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","13":"tag-stacy-mangum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116439924335228046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680087","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=680087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}