I play in the MLB and my sister is a track star – it was so degrading when she beat me in races while growing up
BRANDON Marsh has accepted he’ll have to play second fiddle to his little sister when he travels to London.
The Major League Baseball star will be part of the Philadelphia Phillies side taking on the New York Mets in the UK.
Marsh, 26, and his Phillies teammates will race across the Atlantic for the games on June 8 and 9.
But he’ll do so without his mom, who’s staying back in America.
Brandon’s younger sister Erin, 24, is a track and field star formerly of Duke University.
Her best result was winning gold in the heptathlon at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile last year.
“My mom is with my sister,” Marsh explained to select UK media.
“She’s running and she got the priority that weekend. She’s incredible man.
“We definitely competed with each other.
“She’d always show up to our football practices and race me and my teammates – and she’d dust us.
“It was so degrading. I was like ‘my little sister’s coming and beat me and all my teammates?’
“She definitely drove me growing up and we still push each other, just in different ways.”
Marsh helped the Phillies to their best ever start to an MLB season through 50 games.
Philadelphia reached that mark with 36 wins and 14 losses – the best in the league since Seattle’s 38-12 in 2001.
The Phillies won three of the four games they played against the New York Mets in May.
They’ll take on their rivals in a different setting, in front of 60,000 British fans at the London Stadium over the June 8 and 9 weekend.
“We’re all excited for it,” Marsh said.
Home runs and boomsticks
MLB is back in London for a third time this summer when the Philadelphia Phillies take on the New York Mets.
The London Stadium will transform from a football pitch to a baseball field for the June 8 and 9 spectacle.
Fans attending the games can feast on some extravagant ballpark menu items such as boomstick nachos (pictured) and a two-foot boomstick hotdog.
The New York Yankees won both games in 2019 against their rivals the Boston Red Sox.
And the Chicago Cubs split their series with the St Louis Cardinals when the teams faced off in 2023.
“I think we have a day and a half of sightseeing to go out and visit everything.
“It’s going to be a big change of scenery and a fun change.
“I don’t have really anything specific because I’m not too familiar with anything in London to be honest.
“I’m interested to see like the snacks, the food and the sights, but nothing too particular.”
She’d always show up to our football practices and race me and my teammates – and she’d dust us
Brandon Marsh on sister Erin
Marsh added, “We’re going to try and make it feel as routine as possible.
“It’s definitely going to feel different, but there’s not many cons that we find going to London to play.
“It’s only going to grow the game of baseball so it’s a win-win for everybody.”
New York Mets will play Philadelphia Phillies in the MLB World Tour: London Series 2024, June 8-9 at London Stadium. Tickets are available now at https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/MLB