SEATTLE — Amongst a sea of arms in the right field bleachers on Wednesday night in T-Mobile Park, Marcus Ruelos wasn’t the tallest fan reaching for Cal Raleigh’s 60th homerun ball, but he was, by some account,s the luckiest.
The 12-year-old from Maple Valley, who was sitting with his father, says that the ball landed in their section after a sweeping swing by Raleigh. It then ricocheted off multiple hands before coming to a rest.
“It lands in this guy named Glen’s hands, and I go for a high five, and he just gives me the ball,” explained Marcus, “And in that moment I was just surprised, and I didn’t know what to do.”…