{"id":512636,"date":"2026-08-13T23:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=512636"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:27:14","slug":"no-crying-in-baseball-think-again-loco-coconuts-jordan-brewer-meets-the-family-of-his-tissue-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=512636","title":{"rendered":"No crying in baseball? Think Again! Loco Coconuts, Jordan Brewer, meets the family of his tissue donor."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1vnqopx\/no_crying_in_baseball_think_again_loco_coconuts\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/N3VjM2xtMWI3OGpoMbjIyT2kYZgKP-rNoJtI1mff7aGT-8N6IuJuIJjMfNbz.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=fb1aa2588762dd7d81b5b8a3eedd4b40f2c4636a\" alt=\"No crying in baseball? Think Again! Loco Coconuts, Jordan Brewer, meets the family of his tissue donor.\" title=\"No crying in baseball? Think Again! Loco Coconuts, Jordan Brewer, meets the family of his tissue donor.\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Last weekend, the Twins Stadium welcomed Banana Ball; bringing much more than entertainment. Jordan Brewer, of the Loco Coconuts, had the opportunity to meet the family of the tissue donor that kept him in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#039;s the only reason why I&#039;m out here playing&#8230;&quot; said Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Six years ago, he suffered a cartilage tear in his knee and thought his baseball career was over. That is, until donated tissue changed everything.<\/p>\n<p>When Benjamin Anderson passed away that same year, he left behind a gift that would give Jordan a second chance to continue playing. The cartilage transplant allowed him to continue playing the game he loves, honoring Benjamin&#039;s legacy with every pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the emotional moment Jordan finally had the chance to meet Ben\u2019s family. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/LifeSourceMNDAK\"> \/u\/LifeSourceMNDAK <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/v.redd.it\/kw4okq2b78jh1\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1vnqopx\/no_crying_in_baseball_think_again_loco_coconuts\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last weekend, the Twins Stadium welcomed Banana Ball; bringing much more than entertainment. Jordan Brewer, of the Loco Coconuts, had the opportunity to meet the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=512636\" title=\"No crying in baseball? Think Again! Loco Coconuts, Jordan Brewer, meets the family of his tissue donor.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":512638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=512636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512639,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512636\/revisions\/512639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/512638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=512636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=512636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=512636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}