While Texas is still reeling from the recent historic floods, a quiet but touching gesture from an MLB star has sparked hope amid the devastation. Kyle Tucker — a standout player for the Chicago Cubs — and his wife Samantha Scott have moved the community by quietly funding the construction of dozens of homes for homeless people severely affected by the disaster.
No big press conferences. No social media posts. The couple just quietly appeared on the land devastated by the raging water, listening, sharing, and taking action. It is known that the entire cost of the prefabricated house project — each fully equipped with electricity and water, and able to live long-term — was funded by Tucker and Samantha alone, with a total estimated cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“I just thought, if I can do something right now, why wait?” — Tucker shared sincerely in a rare mention of his actions. “We have a roof over our heads, and they don’t. We can’t stay silent.”
The first houses have reportedly begun to be installed in Houston, the hardest-hit area. Locals, after weeks of temporary living in evacuation centers, could not hold back their tears when they saw the first houses rising from the rubble.
Tucker is not the first person in the sports world to do charity, but the way he does it — quietly, without PR — makes his actions special in the age of social media. Samantha, who accompanies him on every project, simply said:
“If I can give someone the feeling of coming home, then to me, there is nothing more rewarding than that.”
In days when baseball seems to be everything, Kyle Tucker’s actions remind us that sometimes, what matters most isn’t on the field — it’s where the heart speaks.