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'Go get em kid': Kemp shows support for Holliday in full-circle moment
'Go get em kid': Kemp shows support for Holliday in full-circle moment
When the son of a 15-year MLB veteran and seven-time All-Star is about to make his MLB debut, the nostalgic stories are going to come from left and right. Even from the guy who’s getting replaced by the rookie.
Instead of expressing bitterness at the player who replaced him on the roster, though, Kemp took about as opposite of a route as one possibly could. See the below post, where Kemp gives a tale from his freshman season at Vanderbilt:
In the fall of 2010, our college had a series against the Longhorns for a 3 game set. Our hitting coach at the time was Josh Holliday and his brother, Matt, brought his kid to our early practice. I remember watching his son @J_Holliday7 with a sweet lefty swing. Go get em’ kid!
Talk about things coming full circle. Though Josh Holliday is now Oklahoma State’s head coach, a position he has held since 2013, his brief tenure at Vanderbilt overlapped with Kemp’s collegiate career -- a tenure that, evidently, was long enough for Kemp to be exposed to the greatness of the younger Holliday.
Now, that greatness has evolved to the point of costing Kemp a roster spot. But there will be no animosity from the veteran’s end as the Orioles’ latest rookie sensation takes the field. If Holliday’s debut season ends up going down in the annals of franchise history, it’s clear that Kemp will be a fan -- no matter where he observes it from.