In his first Coors Field start, Nimmo led off the game with an inside-the-park home run and slugged another homer while dozens of friends and family members cheered him on.
It's been a great year for sports fans here in Wyoming. Here's our completely subjective and totally unofficial list of the five best sports moments of 2016.
1. Maverick Meets Big Papi - This is why we all love sports. When MLB Network star Kevin Millar heard about a boy from Cheyenne suffering from a congenital heart defect, he moved mountains for Maverick...
It's been a wild rookie season for Wyoming's Brandon Nimmo.
The former first round draft pick played well after getting called up to the New York Mets in June, only to be sent down to AAA Las Vegas a few weeks later.
Nimmo's name was also mentioned in several rumors leading up to the trade deadline in July...