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Tolle honors late mom with gameday attire, song
Key takeaways
- BOSTON -- Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle took the Fenway Park mound Sunday afternoon with a heavy heart.
- Pitching two years and a day after his mother, Jina, died following a nearly eight-year battle with colon cancer, the 23-year-old Tolle wore his pant legs near his knees showing his pink socks on Mother's Day.
- When his start was rained out Saturday, Tolle had a lot more time to think about what pitching the next day would be like.
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BOSTON -- Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle took the Fenway Park mound Sunday afternoon with a heavy heart.
Pitching two years and a day after his mother, Jina, died following a nearly eight-year battle with colon cancer, the 23-year-old Tolle wore his pant legs near his knees showing his pink socks on Mother's Day.
When his start was rained out Saturday, Tolle had a lot more time to think about what pitching the next day would be like.
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