Carl Michael Yastrzemski
Carl Yastrzemski was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 as a Player by the BBWAA receiving 94.6 percent of the vote that year. Carl was a Leftfielder and First Baseman who played in the majors for 23 years playing in 3,308 games for the Boston Red Sox. He batted 11,988 times from the left side with 3,419 hits, 452 home runs, 1,844 RBIs, and recorded a career batting average of .285. He was born on August 22, 1939 in Southampton, NY. His nickname is "Yaz."
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I go to opening day at Fenway every year with my oldest son. It is always a fantastic experience. Since it is opening day, the Red Sox always do something special and this year it was honoring the 1975 Red Sox team on their 50th anniversary.
They picked Carl to throw out the first pitch. I grew up when Carl was "the Red Sox," so he is my baseball hero. He's an old man now (aren't we all) but it was great to see him on the diamond one last time.