Tim McGraw Honors Late Dad Tug By Wearing His Phillies Jersey To World Series Game

The McGraw household is afloat of talent. While Tim McGraw is simply a Grammy-winning state euphony star, his begetter was a World Series-winning pitcher. Tim attended Game 3 of the World Series connected November 1 and rocked his father’s Phillies jersey. His precocious father, Tug McGraw, won a World Series with the Phillies successful 1980.

Country euphony prima Tim McGraw is wearing his father’s Phillies jersey astatine tonight’s crippled 🙌

His dad, Tug McGraw, won a World Series with the Phillies successful 1980. pic.twitter.com/8d49mgABoQ

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The 55-year-old stood up during the crippled and turned astir to amusement disconnected his jersey portion sitting with wife Faith Hill and their 3 daughters. The jumbotron video showed Tim raising his close manus successful enactment of the Phillies portion wearing #45, his father’s jersey number. The assemblage roared with applause implicit Tim’s support. The Phillies and Astros are presently tied successful the Series 2-2. They volition play successful Game 5 connected November 3.

Tug was a two-time World Series winner. He won his archetypal World Series successful 1969 with the New York Mets, and past again successful 1980 with the Phillies. Tug notably struck retired Willie Wilson to assistance seal the Phillies’ archetypal World Series championship. The pitcher retired astatine property 40. Tug passed distant successful 2004 owed to encephalon cancer.

Tim McGraw connected stage. (Rmv/Shutterstock)

Tim and his begetter had a analyzable history. Back successful 2013, Tim revealed to Larry King that helium didn’t cognize his father’s individuality until helium was 11 years old. “I didn’t cognize helium was my dad,” Tim said. “I was 11 years old, and I was rummaging astir successful mom’s closet and recovered a commencement certificate. I was increasing up successful Louisiana, and my ma was divorced, and we were hardly getting by.”

But the “Humble and Kind” vocalist ne'er had immoderate atrocious humor towards his father. “People inquire me, ‘How could you person a narration with your father? You were increasing up successful nothing,” the vocalist told Esquire. “He was a millionaire shot player. He knew you were there, and helium didn’t bash anything.’ But erstwhile I recovered retired Tug McGraw was my dad, it gave maine thing successful my small municipality successful Louisiana, thing that I would person ne'er reached for. How could I ever beryllium angry?”