Greenberg remembered feeling overjoyed that he had gotten a second chance, as brief at it was. A week later, his wife Lindsay’s identical twin, Melissa Marottoli Hogan, was admitted to the hospital with Stage 4 lung cancer. And then, on the night of the funeral, Greenberg got a call from the Baltimore Orioles, inviting him to spring training. There was no inspiration to go to the park.”One night, in a game in Maryland, Greenberg drifted back for a fly ball. Along with running his business, he had written a book and had become a public speaker.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2018 13:00 UTC