To the Rockies fans who never thought they’d ever be willed to root for the Dodgers in any way, shape or form … Well, Rich Hill wrote something that will likely change your mind.
The Los Angeles left-hander released to his late son on The Players Tribune on Tuesday. In heartbreaking detail, it told of Hill and his family’s battle with his infant son’s gene-linked brain malformation called Lissencephaly.
His son, Brooks, passed away from the disease when he was less than two months old, in February 2014, right before Hill reported to Red Sox spring training that year. In honor of Brooks, Hill and his family have recently launched a campaign to fund research on rare diseases.
Hill, 39, is a journeyman who has played for the Dodgers since 2016, becoming one of their starting pitching anchors during that time as Los Angeles won back-to-back National League pennants over the past couple seasons.
