A 7-year-old Orion Kerkering watched the Phillies in the 2008 World Series. Now he’s making an unlikely bid for their playoff roster.

Kerkering’s father, who was weeping during Orion’s electric Phillies debut, is enjoying the “surreal” experience of his son’s rapid ascent.

Todd Kerkering spent 20 years in the Marines. He worked in the Special Forces. He’d parachute out of planes from 25,000 feet in the air. He’d cross enemy lines during the Gulf War to gather information for his country.“I’ve been on countless military operations, all over the world, and I still get nervous watching my kid pitch,” he said.Normally, Kerkering paces when his son, Orion, is pitching. But on Sunday, when Orion Kerkering made his big league debut for the, his father stayed put.

But on Sunday night, while he was watching his son pitch, he also thought about the serendipity of this whole thing. When Kerkering was 7, he and Todd went to Game 1 of the 2008 Phillies-Rays World Series in Tampa. Todd entered a raffle through the United Way and won two tickets.

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