Juan Soto feels the love as he returns to Washington with the Padres

It's turned into an unsavory custom the beyond couple of years for Washington Nationals fans,

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one of their number one stars leaving town and returning wearing another group's pullover.

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However, Juan Soto's profit from Friday as an individual from the San Diego Padres was a second all its own.

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"A ton of feelings and a ton of sentiments that I have at this arena. A ton of recollections," Soto said before the game, encompassed by correspondents in the Padres burrow.

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Somewhat less than four hours after the fact, Soto had another for the memory banks, as he was presented - without feeling,

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and without his natural stroll up music - in the highest point of the principal inning to a thunderous applause that endured above and beyond a moment.

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Soto offered his appreciation. Also, the cheers from the horde of 35,390 became stronger. He had a thought it would be this way.

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"Consistently they saw me emerging to the field they saw my 100%," Soto said. "I don't have any idea how they will respond, yet for my purposes, I give all of what I had."

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