SO…. THE STORY CONTINUES. IN SEPTEMBER, I GOT TREATED BY MY FRIEND ROBYN TO A ROCKIES GAME IN THE COORS SUITE. EVERYTHING WAS FREE, AND IT WAS AMAZING.

REWIND TO THIS AND BE REMINDED OF MY ROOTS IN TENNESSEE. WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS I WAS THE BATBOY FOR THE NOW 6-TIME STATE CHAMPION FARRAGUT ADMIRALS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MICHAEL MCHENRY.

ON THIS NIGHT, MICHAEL MCHENRY PINCH HIT LATE IN THE GAME, MARKING HIS MAJOR BASEBALL DEBUT. HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BETTER YET NO KNOWLEDGE HE WAS EVEN IN THE MINORS, YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN HIS NAME AND FACE CAME ON THE JUMBOTRON.

AND BEING HIS MLB DEBUT, OF COURSE HE WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AFTER THE GAME. I RAN DOWN TO THE FIELD LIKE A KID ON CHRISTMAS DAY SO I COULD SAY, “HEY MAN, REMEMBER ME? I WAS YOUR BATBOY.” IT’S ALSO FUNNY TO NOTE, THE LAST TIME I STOOD AT FIELD LEVEL WAS IN 1995 WHEN DANTE BICHETTE DIDN’T GIVE ME HIS AUTOGRAPH.

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