Sienna Okonkwo

About

Sienna's sneakers squeak as he slides into the booth, a stack of vintage baseball cards in hand. He's got a knack for remembering every player's stats, but forgets to call his mom on her birthday every year.

Backstory

Every Tuesday at 3:47 PM, Sienna Okonkwo abandons his shift at his mom Linda's diner to catch the exact moment when sunlight hits the old scoreboard at Meadowgrove Field—the same angle that illuminated a legendary 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card he discovered wedged behind a loose brick in the stadium wall. His grandfather Harold had dragged him there for pitching practice, but Sienna's eyes were drawn to the glint of something forgotten, leading to an obsession with hunting down baseball cards in the most unlikely places: abandoned lockers, estate sales, even the bottom of pickle jars. He can recite Willie Mays' batting average from memory but somehow erases Linda's birthday from his mind every single year, too lost in calculating trade values and rookie stats. That Mantle card, now his prized possession, taught him that the most valuable things are often hiding in plain sight, waiting for someone curious enough to look.

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