- [Cristopher] This was always my dream.
And if God gave me the opportunity, I'd make the most of it.
In this moment, I'm thinking, "Alright, it's my turn now."
Because these are moments that never repeat.
They happen once in a lifetime.
"Welcome to the Big Leagues. Congratulations."
I was with my friends in the room listening to some music.
And the manager said to me, "You are going to the Big Leagues."
And I said, "Are you kidding me?"
- [Miguel] We greet you from Wrigley Field.
Jorge Moreno, yours truly, Miguel Esparza with you.
- I thought, "Wow!
I'm here.
I can't believe it.
I am already achieving one of my dreams."
- We are at the bottom of the eighth inning.
- In the eighth inning, I was sitting there and they said,
"Hey, you're going to be the third one batting," and I said, "Wow! Let me get ready."
My time has come.
- Two and two pitches.
He puts the bat on it, too high.
With that there's two outs.
And now comes Patrick Wisdom.
No?
That's the debut.
The debut of this guy, Christopher Morel.
- At that moment I said, "Well, now let's breathe and let things flow."
- Willson Contreras is leading the chant in the clubhouse.
They got the rhythmic clap going and all the fans behind the dugout are fully on board.
- Willy, since 2016.
I always feel confident when I'm next to him.
We always call each other "my little brother."
In the previous two innings they played Willy's home run on the big screen.
I was watching him, concentrating there, watching him enjoying his turn.
- Center field, and it is gone!
Can you believe it?
- Look at him there.
I imagine his heart at that moment.
"Who's the best?"
- What a scene and what a moment for Willson
Contreras homering in his first major league at bat.
- And that's when I told him, "Little brother, look, I'm going to hit a home run just like you in my
first at bat."
- Christopher Morel.
And let's see if he can get a base hit.
- [Male 2] The way tonight is going this should be a home run, right?
I mean, something good is going to happen.
- I was thinking, "If you make a swing at the first pitch, you would look desperate.
Take the first pitch, look at it, and relax.
- And he puts things zero and one quickly.
- Pretty good breaking ball by De Jong.
- I had never seen him or anything, but I was very focused that it was my moment and
I had to...
It was him or me.
I had already taken a strike and I thought surely he's coming with a fastball.
And he threw me another breaking ball.
- Nothing and two on Morel.
- I have two strikes and what's the worst that can happen?
I still have a chance because good thing come to those who believe.
- Here's the pitch. And it's very high.
One ball.
Two strikes.
- I said, "Well, since he missed up high with that ball
the next one will be low."
- Christopher Morel, takes low and away.
- It was a key moment because I recognized his pitching.
I took a deep breath. And I said, "If it comes my way I'm not going to miss it."
- You can tell the fans really are pulling for the kid as well.
- I like this.
- Here comes the two-two.
- Fastball inside.
Ball three.
- The fans get on their feet.
They are clapping for him.
What support!.
- The fans are unbelievable.
I had never played with so many people in the audience.
I said that I have to give my best, as they are giving their best.
- This is what makes Wrigley Field special.
Moments like this.
- Let me breathe.
Let me focus.
Because now is my moment.
If he comes in, he's going to pay.
- Three and two, the count.
and the pitch.
- I felt I hit it too hard and that ball was not staying in the park.
- He connects!
Deep to left field!
It's gone! It's gone!
- Can you believe it?
What a moment!
- That moment was incredible.
I didn't realize I wasn't stepping on the base, and I passed it.
- He missed first base.
He goes back and steps on it.
- Coach yelled, "Hey, hey!
Touch the base."
And I said "Let's [beep] go."
I touched the base.
Oh, my God!
- You got to be kidding me.
In his first Major League at-bat he goes yard.
- At that time, I had already achieved what I wanted.
I was going to enjoy the moment myself and all the people that saw that great feat.
- It was a fastball, so I had to react. I put it in play and knocked it out of the park.
I told Willson in that moment, "Thank you for the support I needed.
And we did it."
- Welcome to the show.
Christopher Morel.
He took it out!
- It was something very incredible that I will never forget.
It was like, I did it.
I made it.