We already wrote about how Luis Garcia’s family friend could not watch his MLB debut because the Hilton Hotel across from Camden Yards was closed due to COVID, and there was no perch to watch the game short of breaking into a building which this person did not do. This has been a plight on families for the most part to watch their loved ones in their debuts — a long tradition snuffed out by COVID with all stadiums being closed to spectators.
But Leslie Espino got creative and went to the roof of the Hampton Inn hotel across the street from Nationals Park and was able to secure spots on the rooftop as the the only way to watch her husband, Paolo Espino, make his Washington Nationals debut. Leslie took Lisandra Hernandez, who is the wife of the 32-year-old rookie Yadiel Hernandez, with her as well as our photographer, Sol Tucker, to cover this story.
Who knew the game would end in such a historic way with Hernandez as the hero. Of course it was Hernandez who hit the dramatic walk-off home run to win the game. The first homer of his career.
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