Off zero sleep, Jake Burger homered in his 1st game following his 4-month-old daughter’s open heart surgery Burger was at a Nashville hospital until 11PM, caught a flight at 5AM, and reported to camp at 7:45AM. Hours later he crushed this 408’ HR. pic.twitter.com/e2y3e7y6v2

Jake Burger spent the previous three days of spring training inside Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, some 1,700 miles from the Texas Rangers’ complex, where his four-month-old daughter Penelope underwent open heart surgery.

Days after Jake Burger's 4-month-old daughter, Penelope, underwent open-heart surgery, the Texas Rangers first baseman hit a 408-foot home run during an 8-0 spring training win over the Seattle Mariners.