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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Experience of a lifetime!

If you can tell in the picture, that was me at Fenway Park with Terry Francona the Red Sox manager. I am going to tell you the story of how that happened...
One normal day in Boston, I was going to a Red Sox game, if you haven't been before it is a sight to see! We got there before the gates open because "The best part of the game is before, getting autographs and baseballs." - Keegan Darby. I was standing on top of the dugout getting autographs from players like Daisuke Matsuzaka (he used my pen!) to Curt Schilling and Jacoby Ellsbury. I was just standing up there with about 100 other kids living a dream, and as soon as I am taking in the great moment I see a former ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury! "Mr. Salisbury" I yell frantically, as I throw him a baseball to get signed. He doesn't throw the ball bak when he is done signing but instead says "Hey kid come down here!"... WOW! I run onto the field ( got a huge adrenaline rush) and he gave me back my autographed ball and introduced me as his buddy Keegan to the Red Sox manager Terry Francona, in the dugout. I looked up at all the kids on still on top of the dugout and saw jealousy in there eyes. The national anthem began and i jolted to the Red Sox dugout, but before I got there the security caught me so like any other kid would do in this situation, I quickly walked back until the security guard wasn't looking, then made another run for the dugout, but again unsuccessful. I don't know if it is a coincidence, but the Red Sox won the World Series that year, and haven't won since! 

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