But when the 5-year-old girl of Palos Verdes, Calif., performed a backbend in her living room on the morning of Dec. 23, 2015, something went horribly wrong. “She was on the floor as if she had ...

Backbends weren’t in Brown’s bag when he made his major-league debut. Now, they represent his ascension to acehood. Advertisement “On one hand, which is even crazier,” said Joe Neal ...