<br /> <p>A heartwarming video of a Chicago man surprising his father with his dream baseball glove is gaining traction online, after it was posted to both Reddit and Facebook.</p><p>The footage, shared by Juan-Elias Riesco</a> on July 14, shows Riesco’s dad breaking down in tears as he unwraps the mitt he’d wanted since he was nine years old.</p><p>According to the post, Riesco’s grandparents had emigrated to the United States back in the late 1960s.</p><p>“My grandma told my dad they were leaving Cuba but only to get my father (who was 9 years old at the time) his dream baseball mitt – the Wilson A2000,” he wrote alongside the video.</p><p>Almost fifty years later, Riesco was able to buy the glove himself to give to his father.</p><p>Riesco, who co-owns a Cuban restaurant called Nini’s Deli</a> with his father, told Storyful:</p><p>“Since I was a kid it’s been my dream to buy my father this baseball mitt, but since they’re basically $300 I knew I had to be financially stable before I made that move. This gift was not just a dream come true for my father, but also a life goal I had told myself I would accomplish.”</p><p>The footage had over 1,800 views on Facebook, and was trending on Reddit at the time of writing. Credit: Juan-Elias Riesco via Storyful</p><br />
