Technology is something else, man, and in 2020, it’s brought new meaning to “reach out and touch someone.”
That’s because, apparently, technology – specifically, Twitter – is how Lance Britton, cousin of Yankees reliever Zack Britton, found out that Zack and wife Courtney are expecting their fourth child.
It all started with a seemingly innocuous Tweet Wednesday night by YES Network’s Jack Curry, who, in relaying quotes about how Britton has handled not seeing his family this baseball season, mentioned that the lefty has “three kids under age 5 and a fourth on the way.”
News to Lance, who lives in Colorado and is a former sports talk radio host in Denver.
Of course, Courtney Britton had some fun with it, immediately responding to that tweet with a skull and a 100 emoji and blaming Zack, to which Lance replied: “LOL. You’re chasing 3 kids and creating a 4th, so you’re definitely absolved.”
Curry also got (back) in on the celebration, later Tweeting, "Happy to be able to deliver Zack’s joyous news, Lance. I think you’re about to text Zack right now. Congrats to all."
Should the Yankees go all the way to No. 28, it'll be another five weeks or so before the Brittons can have a family reunion, but there may be some good news for Zack: the Brittons are from Texas, which is the site of the NL playoff bubble and the World Series, so if the Yankees make the Fall Classic, fans may be allowed in by then.
Regardless, congratulations to every member of the Britton family, in whatever stage of learning about the pending addition they may be – let’s just hope that no matter how the season shakes out, Zack and Courtney involve the fam somehow if they choose to do a gender reveal!
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