Fenway
10-25-2007, 10:17 AM
The best moment of last night at Fenway was something FOX decided to blow off.
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Carl Yastrzemski threw out the first pitch and Fenway rocked.
He seldom comes back to Fenway now as he is still uncomfortable with fame and crowds. Friends say he hasn't been the same since his son died 3 years ago (Mike Yastrzemski was a former White Sox farm hand who played in the Crosstown Classic at Wrigley in 1986)
The last 6 weeks of the 1967 he was superhuman and carried the Red Sox to the pennant. Welcome back Captain Carl. :smile:
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/25/yazs_first_pitch_was_impossible_to_top/ (http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/25/yazs_first_pitch_was_impossible_to_top/)
Yaz has never been comfortable with his fame. He appreciates his place in New England sports history, but Baby Boomer fans who bombard him with questions and recollections of 1967 often come to realize that they know more about his career than he does. Yaz played 23 years with the Red Sox, and when he was done, he was done. He is not one to sit around talking about the glory days. I once asked him to recall highlights from his 18 All-Star selections, and while he did his best to remember the moments, he said, "1975. County Stadium. I hit a home run in that one. Not sure who I hit it off. Might have been Seaver."
Might have been Seaver?
It was, in fact, a home run off Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. But who among us could hit a homer in an All-Star Game against one of the greatest pitchers of all time and not be quite sure of the identity of the pitcher? You can be pretty sure that Ted Williams could remember the count on all 521 of his home runs.
http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2007/10/25/1193290843_1811/410w.jpg
Carl Yastrzemski threw out the first pitch and Fenway rocked.
He seldom comes back to Fenway now as he is still uncomfortable with fame and crowds. Friends say he hasn't been the same since his son died 3 years ago (Mike Yastrzemski was a former White Sox farm hand who played in the Crosstown Classic at Wrigley in 1986)
The last 6 weeks of the 1967 he was superhuman and carried the Red Sox to the pennant. Welcome back Captain Carl. :smile:
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/25/yazs_first_pitch_was_impossible_to_top/ (http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/25/yazs_first_pitch_was_impossible_to_top/)
Yaz has never been comfortable with his fame. He appreciates his place in New England sports history, but Baby Boomer fans who bombard him with questions and recollections of 1967 often come to realize that they know more about his career than he does. Yaz played 23 years with the Red Sox, and when he was done, he was done. He is not one to sit around talking about the glory days. I once asked him to recall highlights from his 18 All-Star selections, and while he did his best to remember the moments, he said, "1975. County Stadium. I hit a home run in that one. Not sure who I hit it off. Might have been Seaver."
Might have been Seaver?
It was, in fact, a home run off Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. But who among us could hit a homer in an All-Star Game against one of the greatest pitchers of all time and not be quite sure of the identity of the pitcher? You can be pretty sure that Ted Williams could remember the count on all 521 of his home runs.