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It was actually three years ago, to the day, that James Russell made his final appearance as a professional baseball
player — and it was also three years ago, to the day, that his son Jayce was born extremely premature, nearly costing
both wife and child their lives, all while Russell couldn’t get out of Mexico, where he was pitching, to return home to Texas.
On Monday, Jayce Russell was a happy, healthy boy with only some mild swallowing issues to show for the ordeal,
celebrating his third birthday alongside a huge crowd of family and friends by cheering for Uncle Junior, whom he calls “the GOAT.”
With that, Witt fell to Derby champion Teoscar Hernández in a dramatic 14-13 final as his hometown crowd collectively
gasped in disappointment — though that didn’t dampen the smiles of Witt and
Russell as they talked about the new chapter in their family’s extensive
baseball history as runners-up in the 2024 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
That’s Bobby Witt Jr., of course, who — with a sweat-slicked band of hair lining his forehead at the end of a three-hour
competition — crushed one final pitch deep into center field at Globe Life Field off his brother-in-law, Russell, as they
competed together in the Home Run Derby as part of Witt’s family-centric
homecoming to the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a first-time All-Star.
“Texas-sized crowd — it was just a lot of fun to be able to do that and experience that with my brother-in-law, with my
family in the stands, and being able to make it to the finals,” Witt said. “It was
awesome. Teoscar put on a great show. It was so much fun to be out there with all the guys. It’s one of those feelings you
don’t really ever have. That was awesome.”