Brent Rooker’s major league debut comes in empty stadium
ECS grad’s parents in Germantown watch big moment on TV
Minnesota Twins right fielder Brent Rooker (diving for a ball during his major league debut Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Minneapolis) grew up in Germantown and attended ECS and later Mississippi State. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)
But not even a pandemic could lessen the joy Terry Rooker felt when he saw his son playing for Minnesota Twins on TV.
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Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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