Nice Story Behind 1st Ever Inside-The-Parker At New Stadium
Via the Post -
After speaking to the media on one of the biggest nights of his young career, Brett Gardner reached into his locker stall in the Yankees clubhouse and found a small red bracelet attached to a pale yellow card. It was a special gift from a special child.
“I met with several different children, probably 15 or 20, and one little girl, she gave me a bracelet,” Gardner said of his pregame trip to Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at New York Presbyterian yesterday, before he went out and played a huge role — including delivering an inside the park home run — in the Yanks’ 5-4 win over the Twins. “I asked what it was for and she said it was for me and she told me that if I kept it I would hit a home run and she said I’d hit a home run tonight.”
He kept the gift in his locker. He hit a home run. He did lots more. He met so many kids, he doesn’t remember the little girl’s name — but he remembers her face. And he’ll always remember last night.
They talked about this during the YES broadcast last night. The Yankees got in from Toronto around 3 AM on Friday morning. And, on short sleep, Gardner went to visit the sick kids and then had to be at the ballpark a few hours later. Sounds like Brett is a “character” guy. Good. The Yankees can never have too many of those.
