Nice first pitch

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

In tonight’s game between the RedSox and SF Giants, Carl Yastrzemski, threw the “first pitch” to his grandson Mike.

[J-BAR #18287]

Gotta love baseball!

 

My 45 year old son made one of the teams in an adult wood bat league.  My 5 year old grandson threw out the first pitch at his uncle’s game last Sunday.  Keeping it in the family!!

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

80 year old Yaz said his biggest worry was could he reach the plate.

 

btw, when Mike hit a home run, his 20th, the fans in Fenway gave him a standing O.

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438]

After Ted Williams, Yaz is my favorite all-time Red Sox player.  In a career without corked bats, juiced balls and 'roids, his accomplishments are mind boggling:

 

"Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Boston Red Sox (1961–1983). He was primarily a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman^[3] and mostly was a first baseman and designated hitter later in his career.^[4] Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3,000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs.^[5] He is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats. He is the Red Sox' all-time leader in career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases, and games played, and is third on the team's list for home runs behind Ted Williams and David Ortiz.^[5]

 

^{His career coincided with my youth, and he made me, for the first time, a baseball fan.  No social media, no braggadocio, no illicit affairs, no drugs, no holding out for more money at the expense of the fans - just a down-to-earth solid individual with a true love for the game and a God-given talent.}

 

^{Thanks, Yaz, for 1967 and memories that will never die.}

 

^LL

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

When he came up to bat, the stadium announcer said simply, ”and now number 8”

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

As a life long Reds fan, I watched my share of Red Sox games, especially the ‘75 series. 

 

Carl Yastrzemski was always one of my favorites. My neighbor scored his card in a pack of Topps gum and was the instant hero of our block.