Hawg73
07-18-2007, 08:51 PM
I heard this story last week while I was on vacation with my brother and thought it was worth sharing here.
My brother is a lifelong Sox addict as are most of his friends including his late friend who we'll call "killer". Killer was by all accounts a nice kid who was quiet and not into boozing etc. Unfortunately, Killer died in his 20's a single car crash and for what it is worth there was no DUI involved. Apparently the poor guy was working long hours and fell asleep at the wheel.
Some years later, another of Killer and my brother's friends somehow got in touch with the Red Sox organization and talked them into allowing them to do a nine inning game at Fenway (for charity) and invited Killer's father to throw out the first pitch. They dedicated the game to Killer's memory and all agreed that it was a touching scene to see the old-timer get a chance to stand on the Fenway mound.
A great time was had by all and afterwards they retired to one of the private rooms that Fenway runs. I think it was the .400 club, but I'm not sure. Anyhow, Killer's dad went over and the boys asked him to pose for a picture with them and he complied and sometime thereafter said his goodbyes and left for home.
Then one of the guys noticed a picture on the wall that comprised the background of the group photo. It was not a famous picture from Sox history, but rather a generic shot of Dewey Evans taking a swing. It was the kind of photo you might see in the Globe or Herald after a game. Noting unusual about it.......EXCEPT, the guy that noticed it had the same photo hanging on his wall at home. The reason he had purchased it is because he and Killer attended that same game and were clearly visible in the crowd behind Evans and he got a copy of it from the paper.
Killer's dad posed for a group photo with his late son's friends years after the poor kid passed away and right there in the background of the photo his son was looking right over the old man's shoulder. The photo was not staged, indeed nobody even made the connection until later, but you have to admit that is one weird coincidence.
I got goosebumps when I heard it and it is absolutely true.
Story courtesy of my brother who some of you may still remember as It's_Good from Patriotsplanet.
My brother is a lifelong Sox addict as are most of his friends including his late friend who we'll call "killer". Killer was by all accounts a nice kid who was quiet and not into boozing etc. Unfortunately, Killer died in his 20's a single car crash and for what it is worth there was no DUI involved. Apparently the poor guy was working long hours and fell asleep at the wheel.
Some years later, another of Killer and my brother's friends somehow got in touch with the Red Sox organization and talked them into allowing them to do a nine inning game at Fenway (for charity) and invited Killer's father to throw out the first pitch. They dedicated the game to Killer's memory and all agreed that it was a touching scene to see the old-timer get a chance to stand on the Fenway mound.
A great time was had by all and afterwards they retired to one of the private rooms that Fenway runs. I think it was the .400 club, but I'm not sure. Anyhow, Killer's dad went over and the boys asked him to pose for a picture with them and he complied and sometime thereafter said his goodbyes and left for home.
Then one of the guys noticed a picture on the wall that comprised the background of the group photo. It was not a famous picture from Sox history, but rather a generic shot of Dewey Evans taking a swing. It was the kind of photo you might see in the Globe or Herald after a game. Noting unusual about it.......EXCEPT, the guy that noticed it had the same photo hanging on his wall at home. The reason he had purchased it is because he and Killer attended that same game and were clearly visible in the crowd behind Evans and he got a copy of it from the paper.
Killer's dad posed for a group photo with his late son's friends years after the poor kid passed away and right there in the background of the photo his son was looking right over the old man's shoulder. The photo was not staged, indeed nobody even made the connection until later, but you have to admit that is one weird coincidence.
I got goosebumps when I heard it and it is absolutely true.
Story courtesy of my brother who some of you may still remember as It's_Good from Patriotsplanet.