Red Sox Grant Wish To 100-Year-Old Birthday Boy
The field of dreams is alive for a retired Connecticut lawyer. Arthur Giddon had one wish for his upcoming 100th birthday: Attend the Red Sox - Yankees game at Fenway Park. His one condition: Be the bat boy for the first batter. The Rex Sox have granted Giddon his wish. If you catch Saturday's game look out for the man wearing a jersey with "Big Pappy" number 100.
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The field of dreams is alive for Arthur Giddon. He's a Connecticut man who has one wish for his 100th birthday this weekend, to attend the Red Sox/Yankees game. Oh, he did have one condition: to be the bat boy for the first batter. It's a job that comes naturally for Giddon, who spent his life as a lawyer, but was a bat boy in 1922 and '23. If you catch Saturday's game, look out for the man wearing a jersey with Big Pappy, number 100.
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