"Meeting with the media at Camelback Ranch on the first day of spring training Friday, Vesia took no questions, instead reading from a statement off his phone while battling the effects of the tragedy that was his daughter Sterling's death two days after the start of the World Series. "The lessons we've learned from this is that life can change in an instant. Ten minutes is all it took....""
""Bear with me, please..." He pitched in one of the most thrilling games of the postseason, throwing one perfect inning in the victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that sent the Dodgers to the World Series. Nine days later, his newborn daughter died. Four months later, in a halting six-minute address punctuated by deep breaths and stifled sobs, Alex Vesia publicly bared his battered soul."
Alex Vesia lost his newborn daughter, Sterling, two days after the start of the World Series. He had pitched a perfect inning in a thrilling postseason victory nine days earlier. Vesia returned to spring training and read a halting six-minute statement while refusing questions. He said he was unprepared to not bring his baby home and that the family carries her with them daily. Vesia emphasized that life can change in an instant and described how ten minutes transformed everything. Teammates and opponents honored him by wearing his No. 51 during the World Series. Vesia said baseball and overwhelming fan support have been therapeutic as he navigates grief.
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