Heartwarming! Alek Thomas wants dad's approval after home run

Alek Thomas hits his first homer of the spring, a three-run smash, and looks into the opposing dugout to try and get a reaction from his dad

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[jrockit]

Hilarious how he is trying to hide it, but you can tell how proud his dad is with that smile

[MichaelDavis-zfnt]

His dad is super professional but even he can't hide his pride and happiness for his son's 3 run homer.

[Mr_Nibblesworth]

A son seeking his fathers approval is special.

[nlockwood]

“You know son, if you just got a little more thrust in your hips...”

[James-oyno]

Awesome! Father and son bond forever! Staring at your father from across the PRICELESS! 👍👍❤️❤️

[KingIbanazzi]

Welcome to a Latin family. All emotion is kept bottled up until everyone is inside the house and there's no witnesses

[isaacg]

Just a kid having fun, notice how he smiled almost instantly off the bat cuz he knew it was a homer, I love to see it

[LDQBBQ]

As a new parent I find things like this more beautiful than ever before.

[coltonnash]

I am a fan of Alek Thomas the Player,

now I’m a fan of the person.

Rooting for this guy to keep rising ! 👍

[krisko]

Father was about to shed a tear, that is why he could not react, so sweet...

[day-me-inmoodley]

Wife would have given the husband an earfull if he blanked their son instead of acknowledging him.

[lilgiltrill]

so wholesome lol how could you not love baseball

[beazy]

Alek got his call up to the big leagues two years ago and had that huge pinch hit, game tying home run in game 4 of last years NLCS. I can’t imagine how proud dad is watching his son in the show.

[miketay]

Dad like "hey" I'm getting choked up over here go head now 😂

[ervinghenderson]

He stone faced him for as long as he could. I know it had to be difficult to react naturally as a father to seeing your son homer.

[McMahon]

Played against Alek when he was a freshman in high school. He jacked a 370 ft homer off my team

[XenonSwift]

Crazy how 4 years later he hit the biggest home run of his life to that point in Game 5 of the NLCS

[jayalexander]

Could not be more proud of my friend and his son!!

[dinoirish]

Im a Sox fan, and this is one of greatest baseball moments I've seen.
#GoGoWhiteSox

[minecrafter]

I know it would have been impossible for me to not cheer for my son. Great moment