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It was Isabelle Windhaus, a 9-year-old girl who calls herself Hoskins’ number one fan.
Before the game, the Brewers slugger — who spent six seasons with the Phillies before signing with Milwaukee this winter — gave Isabelle a keepsake she’ll cherish forever, making her cry in the process.
Shortly before Hoskins played his first-ever game against his former team, he stopped to sign an autograph for Isabelle, who wore a red Phillies hat and a navy blue Brewers jersey while holding a sign that read: “I ❤️Rhys” above the words “#1 Fan”.
“I’m your number one fan, Rhys!” she exclaimed, struggling to hold back her tears. “Thank you so much!”
“Can I give each other a high five?” » asked Hoskins, raising his hand towards the net. “Have fun tonight, okay?”
It was the start of an emotional night for Hoskins, who received a standing ovation from the Philly crowd as he walked to the plate in the second inning. As upset as he was by the night’s events, the meeting with Isabelle resonated with the 31-year-old.
“Oh my God, man,” Hoskins said Tuesday. “I knew that some sort of emotion was about to arise in the not-too-distant future, so I said to myself, ‘Please don’t cry; It’s supposed to be fun!’ It was great interaction all around.
Turns out this wasn’t the first interaction the two shared.
Late Monday night, Hoskins’ wife, Jayme, showed him the video clip of the encounter, which had gone viral during the game. They soon realized that Isabelle and her family had contacted him via social media in the past, sending him videos of her hitting in his garden and another from 2019 showing a 4-year-old Isabelle in tears because his favorite player wasn’t in the lineup.
“I had gotten hit in the hand the night before and I wasn’t playing,” Hoskins said. “She was upset because I wasn’t in the queue and I had the opportunity to interact with her online, just saying, ‘Hey, sorry; I hope you come to another game and I can see you then.
This meeting, which Isabelle’s father, Ed, describes as “coming full circle for her”, finally took place on Monday.
“Of course, she tipped the hat to me,” Hoskins said with a smile. “I thought, ‘Let me sign the jersey.’”
Hoskins’ encounter with his young fan took him back about two decades, to Pacific Bell Park (now Oracle Park) in San Francisco, where he had his own memorable encounter with his favorite player: the first baseman of the Giants, JT Snow.
“He was my guy with the Giants,” Hoskins said. “I loved (Barry) Bonds and I loved those teams, but JT was my guy. This must have been around 2002, so I was eight or nine years old at the time. It was the perfect time to be at this stage, so I went to BP early and he was there. I had to say hello to him and he signed a ball for me. It’s cool to find myself on the other side for the same type of moment.