(Pic) Stephen King approves Danny Vinik's move

Just have read this: "Can you imagine the outcry by Red Sox fans if the same scenario played out in the Angels' ball park? Or worse, Yankee Stadium! The ball was out of the field of play, but fielders should be given the opportunity to make a play. If Danny wants a ball, I'm sure his daddy could have provided one."

Oh yeah? Mr. Linscott, Stephen King who is a huge Red Sox fan, but who also has great respect for the game of baseball seemed to be okay with what the kid did. Maybe you are just a little bit jealous of Danny Vinik's daddy's $500 million dollars. You are a really nice guy. But maybe you need to spend a little bit more time at home relaxing and a little less time with those rich old farts over at the Foxborough Country Club. Life is too short. Enjoy it!

So, what's the story?

Every member of the Red Sox family contributed last night.

Danny Vinik, the 17-year-old son of Red Sox limited partner Jeffrey Vinik, entered franchise lore last night thanks to a well-timed grab of a Manny Ramirez foul ball.

With one out and runners on first and third in the fifth inning, Ramirez hit a pop foul that drifted toward the seats near the Red Sox on-deck circle. As catcher Jeff Mathis leaned over the row of seats in Box 37, Vinik reached up with both hands and plucked the ball away before it fell into the Angel’s mitt.

The grab kept Ramirez’s at-bat alive, ultimately resulting in a walk and subsequent game-tying sacrifice fly by Mike Lowell.

While an irate Mathis stormed back to the field, Vinik was congratulated by the fans around him and then began to take what he estimated as 15-to-20 congratulatory calls.

“I saw he just missed it, though I still can’t believe it,” said the high school second baseman, who was cheered while talking underneath the stands. “I still can’t remember that well. I just reached over and tried to make the play. I just kept the ball. I really don’t remember.”

While Vinik talked to the media after the grab, well-wishers took pictures, called him the true president of Red Sox Nation, and labeled him the “Anti-Bartman,” referring to Steve Bartman, the infamous Cubs fan who interfered with Chicago’s Moises Alou’s attempt at a foul ball during the 2003 playoffs at Wrigley Field.

One Fenway patron, when walking by the somewhat overwhelmed teenager, said, “Who’s that? (Clay) Buchholz?”

Vinik said he had never caught a foul ball before, despite the proximity of his father’s season tickets.

“It’s in a box,” he said, wearing a white T-shirt and blue Red Sox baseball cap. “I don’t know if it’s that historic.”


MVP of the game is Danny Vinik!!!
Danny Vinik is MVP of tonight's game!!!
My next born will be Danny Vinik Palmer!