Home Run Derby

With all the YouTube hunting I do, I usually find things which are …

• Goofy – The dancing Orioles fan who looked like Peter Griffin from Family Guy
• Weird – The Dance Off between a Mexican Mascot and a BatBoy (who happened to be a little person)
• Amazing – Ryan Zimmerman unintentionally fielding a ball with his jersey
• Infuriating – Two Boston Sportscasters blowing off the National Anthem for his pregame lineups before Game One of the ALCS.

But somehow, I missed this one. 

Back on June 30, 2007, the Boston Red Sox were hosting Disability Awareness Night at Fenway Park.  A Monkey (part of Monkey Helpers for the Disabled) threw out the first pitch.  No, I don’t have video of that … yet.

But the real story of the night was when Peter Rometti, a young man with Autism, was singing the National Anthem before the game. 

Partway through the Anthem, Rometti started to stutter a couple of times, then he started laughing, and then he stumbled on a verse.

Watch as the Fenway Faithful rise to the occasion and help him out …

I welled up at that display of humanity by the Red Sox fans.   A big tip of the cap to the 38,000+ Red Sox fans at Fenway that evening who stood up and did the right thing and added another lasting legacy to Fenway Park.

Oh yeah, the Red Sox lost to the Rangers.  But the fans showed that they were winners in my book.

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