Watch Mancini hit first home run since returning from cancer originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
There wasn't a dry eye in Baltimore, and there probably isn't one on the internet after a moment like this.
More than a year since September 2019, the month of his last home run, Orioles star Trey Mancini has finally left the yard once more.
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The bomb was Mancini's first of the season and also his first since returning to the field after receiving his colon cancer diagnosis. Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, Mancini is already one of the most inspiring stories in baseball simply by returning to the field.
He was the best hitter on the Orioles prior to missing the 2020 season, and if he can continue to return to form the way he has, he will make a great story even better throughout the 2021 season.
