ESPN awkwardly asks Red Sox's Triston Casas about dead mother during on-field interview on Mother's Day

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Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas had to awkwardly answer a question about his mother, who passed away when he was 9 years old, while being mic’d up during ESPN’s "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast on Mother’s Day. 

Play-by-play announcer Karl Ravech called a ball during an at-bat in the Red Sox-St. Louis Cardinals contest and jumped right into a question about Casas’ mother, which was cringeworthy. 

"I know your mom passed away when you were young," he said. "What does Mother’s Day mean to you and your brother?"

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Triston Casas of the Boston Red Sox before the Braves game on May 10, 2023, at Truist Park in Atlanta. (Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

Casas’ younger brother, Gavin, is also a first baseman. He plays with the South Carolina Gamecocks after playing two seasons with the Vanderbilt Commodores. 

"Yeah, what happened was unfortunate to me, but I have so many mother figures in my life," Casas said, as you could hear his voice crack. "Whether they have my last name, whether they don’t, I’ve had so much support around in and around my circle that I don’t even feel like I missed out on anything. 

"I know she’s watching me every day. I know she’s smiling, proud of me."

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The end of Casas’ answer was cut off when a walk was issued to the Cardinals’ hitter, who he interacted with when he got down to first base. 

In the middle of a game, questions like that aren’t what a player wants to hear. And social media confirmed that after reacting to the question. 

"Did they really just ask Triston Casas about his