04/18/2023
m going to share one of my favorite stories with you all today. I saw it the other day & thought some of you might enjoy it.
August 8, 1982: A line drive foul ball hits a 4-year-old boy in the head at Fenway Park. Jim Rice, realizing in a flash that it would take EMTs too long to arrive & cut through the crowd, sprang from the dugout & scooped up the boy. He laid the boy gently on the dugout floor, where the Red Sox medical team began to treat him.
When the boy arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors said, without a doubt, that Jim's prompt actions saved the boy's life. Jim returned to the game in a blood-stained uniform.
After visiting the boy in the hospital & realizing the family was of modest means, Jim Rice stopped by the business office and instructed that the bill be sent to him.
