It wasn’t a blistering pitch, but Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s Opening Day toss yesterday reached back generations.
“I remember coming here with my brothers. It brings back a lot of emotion, a lot of feelings,” Kennedy told the Herald moments after he left Fenway’s fabled field.
“It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” the ailing Bay State senior senator said of his first pitch lobbed to Jim Rice, who was voted into the Hall of Fame in the offseason.
The 77-year-old Democrat, who is battling brain cancer, was given a warm welcome by the sellout crowd of 37,057 that braved a chilly day to catch a thrilling 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Yesterday’s Opening Day - part carnival, part communal - had fans sporting baseball gloves and winter gloves. The beer was cold and the coffee hot and nobody complained.
(...)“I remember coming here with my brothers. It brings back a lot of emotion, a lot of feelings,” Kennedy told the Herald moments after he left Fenway’s fabled field.
“It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” the ailing Bay State senior senator said of his first pitch lobbed to Jim Rice, who was voted into the Hall of Fame in the offseason.
The 77-year-old Democrat, who is battling brain cancer, was given a warm welcome by the sellout crowd of 37,057 that braved a chilly day to catch a thrilling 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Yesterday’s Opening Day - part carnival, part communal - had fans sporting baseball gloves and winter gloves. The beer was cold and the coffee hot and nobody complained.
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