From Bat Boy to Red Sox Fan, a Tip of the Cap to No. 100 - NYTimes.com
“He stopped being a Braves bat boy after 1923 — he thinks he went to summer camp instead — later attended Harvard Law School, and became a successful lawyer in Hartford. He retired in 1985. Only recently did he move into an assisted-living facility with his wife of 61 years, Harriet, who during the living-room interview stopped by and exclaimed, “Oh, the Red Sox! That’s the best vitamin for him!”
“Giddon follows his Sox avidly despite eye trouble that leaves him squinting even at his huge projection television. “But I can tell David Ortiz from Dustin Pedroia,” he said proudly. “And I know Kevin Youkilis is bald.” And with that, Giddon popped up and demonstrated Youkilis’s distinctive batting stance, complete with the bobbing hands.”
I am a total sap, so of course this made me cry.
