Boston Red Soxs Have a Busy Week
The Boston Red Soxs have been in the spotlight alot lately. With the contract extension of of Francona, a trip to DC to be honored by President Bush, a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center and Thursdays doubleheader game with Boston College and Northeastern University the Soxs have been busy to say the least.
According to Ian Browne (MLB.com), “A day after their whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox had a mixture of awe, perspective, laughter and indelible memories to put in their mental scrapbooks.”
It must have been an incredible experience to visit the White House, personally meet the President of the United States and visit with some truly great military heroes at the Walter Reed Medical Center.
Here is what Curt Shilling had to say about the visit, “For me, it’s a chance to truly acknowledge them and tell them, ‘I’m not just telling you it’s an honor to meet you, it really is an honor to meet you.’ These guys, a lot of them are Red Sox fans. When they’re sitting there and they’re missing both legs and they’re in a wheelchair and they’re trying to get something signed for the buddy that saved their life that is still over in Iraq, it’s like, ‘OK, how bad are my problems?’”
I was so impressed with the patriotism and humility of what Curt said I just had to repeat the above quote he gave in an interview with WEEI-850 AM radio.
February 29th, 2008 at
[…] Coach Dusty wrote this today. I think it is worth reading. Here is a little snippet:With the contract extension of of Francona, a trip to DC to be honored by President Bush, a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center and Thursdays doubleheader game with Boston College and Northeastern University the Soxs have been busy to … […]