{"id":36625,"date":"2025-04-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=36625"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:00:28","slug":"watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH &#8211; Luke Weaver Hands Game Ball to JC Escarra in Wholesome Moment After His First Yankees Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartwarming moment that captured just what dreams are made of, Yankees pitcher Luke Weaver handed the game ball to JC Escarra following Thursday&rsquo;s 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks, a fitting tribute to the 29-year-old catcher who notched his first MLB start and hit on the same night.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luke Weaver closes it out but the gesture with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcescarra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@jcescarra<\/a> of giving JC the game ball on his first start was pretty awesome! So happy to see you my cuz enjoying baseball in the games biggest stage! You deserve it! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bt4Dxb5PPe\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/Bt4Dxb5PPe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Yankeeslife87 (@yankeeslife87) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yankeeslife87\/status\/1907981014208491548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Escarra&rsquo;s path to the majors has been anything but conventional. The backup catcher, who previously drove for Uber and worked as a substitute teacher to keep his baseball aspirations alive, etched his name in Yankees history by becoming the 13th-oldest player to debut with the storied franchise.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s funny how baseball works<\/em>. <em>When you don&rsquo;t try to do too much, that&rsquo;s when things come.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>His seventh-inning double down the right field line brought a wide smile to his face as he stood at second base, savoring a moment years in the making. After the game, Escarra dedicated the milestone ball to his father, a longtime Yankees fan.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Escarra's 1st big-league hit &#128079;<br><br>Congrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcescarra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@jcescarra<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9enTul7TE1\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/9enTul7TE1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1907969950511255870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;Been through a lot,&rdquo;<\/em> Escarra said of his father, <em>&ldquo;so he deserves that ball, and he&rsquo;s gonna be happy.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>While Escarra made personal history, Weaver delivered a clutch four-out save that preserved the Yankees&rsquo; victory. With All-Star closer Devin Williams on paternity leave, Weaver stepped up with what manager Aaron Boone described as <em>&ldquo;probably his best pitching since the World Series.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/yankees-bring-back-dominic-smith-on-minor-league-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Yankees Bring Back Dominic Smith on Minor League Contract<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>While JC Escarra settles into the role of backing up Austin Wells, he realizes that the jitters are part of the experience. <em>&ldquo;I want to feel everything because that&rsquo;s what makes it special,&rdquo;<\/em> he told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/04\/sports\/yankees-j-c-escarra-records-first-career-hit-in-amazing-first-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>The Post<\/a> before the game. <em>&ldquo;Eventually, that feeling&rsquo;s gonna subside, and I&rsquo;m gonna go back to the work that I put in, the baseball that I know how to play and just compete.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>So maybe, this is what dreams are made of?<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special day for JC Escarra!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5432,5431,483],"class_list":["post-36625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-jc-escarra","tag-luke-weaver","tag-yankees"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH - Luke Weaver Hands Game Ball to JC Escarra in Wholesome Moment After His First Yankees Start - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yankees catcher JC Escarra records his first MLB hit while Luke Weaver secures the win in an emotional 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH - Luke Weaver Hands Game Ball to JC Escarra in Wholesome Moment After His First Yankees Start - The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yankees catcher JC Escarra records his first MLB hit while Luke Weaver secures the win in an emotional 9-7 victory over the Diamondbacks.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T12:00:28+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25841155_168416411_lowres.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1699\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohsin Baldiwala\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohsin Baldiwala\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/watch-luke-weaver-hands-game-ball-to-jc-escarra-in-wholesome-moment-after-his-first-yankees-start\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohsin Baldiwala\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3b7cc7ef97ecc770d12ed60259652963\"},\"headline\":\"WATCH &#8211; 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