Baseball Game Stunt Leads to Moving Father-Daughter Reunion

By Sam Laird2013-05-17 14:51:22 -0400

Military family reunion videos are always a hit with Internet-goers happy to add some good feels to what may be an otherwise boring days. This one, however, puts a new — and especially heart-warming — twist on the genre.

It features 9-year-old Alayna Adams from Dunedin, Fla., who was invited to throw out the first pitch at Thursday night's Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox. Before she did the honors, Alayna's dad, Lt. Col. Will Adams, gave her a message of encouragement that was relayed via the stadium video board from his current post in Afghanistan.

At least, that's what Alayna thought. After she threw her pitch, the catcher took off his mask — there was her dad, back from Afghanistan and standing before her. Said Alayna soon afterward: "I thought that I was dreaming."

The video has become a hit on social media, and you can watch it here, below. For more on the moving reunion, check out the Tampa Bay Times.

Image courtesy Tampa Bay Times

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