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Cincinnati Reds’ Todd Frazier delivers home run after ball boy Ted Kremer’s request
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| April 19, 2013
| David Brown
Posted on 04/19/2013 1:18:05 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
In 2012, the parents of Ted Kremer attended a fundraiser and won a silent auction for their son to be a bat boy at a Cincinnati Reds game. Even though the prize was supposed to be for someone aged 15-19, the Reds made an exception in part because Ted — 29 years old at the time — also happens to have Down syndrome. The Kremers expected it to be a token appearance. It was anything but.
Ted Kremer's enthusiastic turn as bat boy on Aug. 17 might have been the highlight of the Reds' season (aside from making the playoffs). He surprised his parents — shocked them, really — by performing, with guidance, all of the required bat boy duties. That, along with his irrepressible attitude, made a big impression on the Reds players. So much so that they brought him back for another go Thursday night.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: baseball; frazier; reds
An example of sunshine amid the gloom.
To: ConservativeStatement
As a lifelong Pirate's fan, I tip my hat to the Reds!
Class act.
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:19:54 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: ConservativeStatement
..a home run in more ways than one...
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:21:39 PM PDT
by
WalterSkinner
( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:23:35 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: ConservativeStatement
Well that was a nice little break :-)
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04/19/2013 1:26:03 PM PDT
by
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:44:12 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: ConservativeStatement
I was there last night and it was so cool to watch. While I was unaware of the back story, you could clearly see the man’s condition. Hearing the reason for the celebration after the HR made it even more fun to have watched. I have always admired how Frazier plays but now I have z little more admiration for him.
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:48:21 PM PDT
by
day10
(Integrity has no need of rules.)
To: facedown
The photog needs a better camera, the picture is too blurry.
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:49:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: facedown
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posted on
04/19/2013 1:50:34 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
(America went to the polls on 11-6-12 and all we got was a socialist thug and a dottering old fool.)
To: facedown
Which one has downs syndrome?
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posted on
04/19/2013 2:02:27 PM PDT
by
lewislynn
( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
To: ConservativeStatement
A wonderful story. But the umpire desperately needs a clue.
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posted on
04/19/2013 2:02:38 PM PDT
by
Steve0113
(I miss having a president who loves this country.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Thanks, I needed that. Even ESPN is all over the Boston story.
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posted on
04/19/2013 2:02:47 PM PDT
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: facedown
Norman Rockwell, right there.
Sweet!
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posted on
04/19/2013 2:05:55 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(The Palin Doctrine.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
04/19/2013 2:40:31 PM PDT
by
tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
To: ConservativeStatement
Thanks for posting the story.
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posted on
04/19/2013 3:02:28 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
( There's Two Choices. Stand Up and Be Counted ... Or Line Up and Be Numbered.)
To: lewislynn
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posted on
04/19/2013 4:15:25 PM PDT
by
nitzy
(You can avoid reality but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.)
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