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Hall of Fame induction
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ImpossDream67 wrote this 2 years ago | Permalink |
I had the opportunity to go to the Hall of Fame induction today. It was great, even though I didn't have the chance to get close to Jim Rice. I have been to Cooperstown a number of times, since I live about an hour and a half away, but today was special for me. I had the chance to meet one of my heroes from the 1960s--and it wasn't a Red Sox player. It was Harman Killebrew, and I have admired him for many, many years for his kindness to the community and for an incident at Fenway where he spoke to a young boy (about eight years old, I'd say--I was about 15), when he came over and spoke to him. The boy told Mr. Killebrew that he was striking out all the time when he was playing Little League. Mr. Killebrew asked him to show him his batting stance, and the little boy did. Mr. Killebrew noticed that he was standing kind of pidgeon-toed--with his toes pointing into one another. He suggested that the boy open up his stance. I have remembered that for more than 45 years. I was so excited to speak to him and reminisce about that day.
It was also wonderful to see Yaz, Sandy Koufax, Al Kaline, and Hank Aaron. There is a recent song about Hank Aaron called ".715" by a Nashville songwriter named Peter Cooper. I hope that one day Mr. Aaron gets to hear the song.
And Jim Ed himself...How wonderful is he??? What I remember most about his playing days was the sound of that he bat made when he connected with the ball. Even if you were listening on the radio, you could tell if it was going out of the park. What an amazing ballplayer! How fortunate are we, as Red Sox fans, to have been blessed with the presence of Jim Ed Rice on our team???
-ImpossDream67
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