{"id":25117,"date":"2023-04-07T05:41:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/i-hope-they-left-him-a-note-in-his-lunchbox-just-another-game-watching-their-little-boy-play-arizona-diamondbacks-fans-love-seeing-rookie-corbin-carroll-dropped-off-at-ballpark-by-his-pa\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T05:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:41:57","slug":"i-hope-they-left-him-a-note-in-his-lunchbox-just-another-game-watching-their-little-boy-play-arizona-diamondbacks-fans-love-seeing-rookie-corbin-carroll-dropped-off-at-ballpark-by-his-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/i-hope-they-left-him-a-note-in-his-lunchbox-just-another-game-watching-their-little-boy-play-arizona-diamondbacks-fans-love-seeing-rookie-corbin-carroll-dropped-off-at-ballpark-by-his-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I hope they left him a note in his lunchbox&#8221; &#8220;Just another game watching their little boy play&#8221; \u2013 Arizona Diamondbacks fans love seeing rookie Corbin Carroll dropped off at ballpark by his parents for team\u2019s home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"3915093\" data-slug-id=\"1461699\">\n<p>To Arizona Diamondbacks fans, Corbin Carroll is one of the top rookies in MLB and a hoped-for future face of the franchise. But to Brant and Pey-Lin Carroll, he&#8217;s just their little boy.<\/p>\n<p>Cameras outside Chase Field before the Diamondbacks&#8217; Thursday night home opener against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> caught the Arizona rookie phenom getting dropped off for his first home game of the season by his parents, just like he was being dropped off at a Little League ballpark or the first day of school.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed hidden-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<p>Corbin Carroll\u2019s parents dropped him off at his game tonight for the Diamondbacks home opener \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Corbin Carroll\u2019s parents dropped him off at his game tonight for the Diamondbacks home opener \ud83e\udd79 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbKzmJwoNk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/mbKzmJwoNk<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Carroll credits mom and dad for his success in baseball and life in general. He told MLB.com:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They mean so much to me, and the support they&#8217;ve given me \u2013 I feel like I owe them so much.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To their credit, Arizona Diamondbacks fans, as well as baseball enthusiasts in general, mostly saw the occasion as something to celebrate rather than mock.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of online angst and derision, the baseball Twitterverse united in joy at the simple scene of a son being dropped off at the ballpark by his folks. Would the online discourse been as schmoopy if Carroll was playing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">New York Mets<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/philadelphia-phillies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>? Probably not, but as it is, the Arizona Diamondbacks were the epitome of everything great about the game \u2014 if only for a few moments.<\/p>\n<p>Just a simple couple of photos featuring a pair of loving parents wishing their sweet boy a good day at work as they drop him off at the front door certainly gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">MLB<\/a> fans a break from their online hysterics.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there&#8217;s still a game to be played &#8230; and Dodgers fans will be Dodgers fans.<\/p>\n<h2>Corbin Carroll holding his own with Arizona Diamondbacks in rookie season<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks takes the field.\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg?w=720 720w ,https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg?w=840 840w, https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w , https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 720w,(max-width: 420px) 840w,(max-width: 600px) 1200w, 1920w\" alt=\"Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks takes the field.\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/04\/4a410-16808277041905-1920.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks takes the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Corbin Carroll is faring well in his first full season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Through six games heading into Thursday, he is hitting .261 with one solo home run, three runs and a National League-leading three stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll got a taste of the majors, and whetted the appetite of Diamondbacks fans, in a 32-game big league debut last season. In 104 at-bats, he hit .260 with four home runs, three triples, nine doubles, 14 RBIs and two stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p>The one concerning stat? He did strike out 31 times to just 27 hits. 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