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A Dad's Love Helps Propel Young Baseball Phenom

                                                                  The Call It was the afternoon of July 4th, 2009. 8 year old Triston Casas was enjoying time boating with his younger brother 7 year old Gavin and Dad Jose when the call came. "Something happened to your Mom," said the elder Casas. Triston could tell by the tone of his fathers voice and the worried look on his face this was serious. Triston always was wise beyond his years knew there was something different about the phone call. As the trio headed back towards shore, sweat covered his face. Thoughts of what he would say to his boys spun through Jose Casas' mind.  "I was worried how they would react," said Casas. As they hit dry land, little did the boys know they were stepping into a new reality, one that meant life without the mother they so dearly loved. "It was difficult time," said Jose. The boys mother, Christine Casas had died sometime that day. It was a life cut short at just