John Buehrle, Mark’s father, was on Comcast SportsNet later, saying he phoned his son.
“I called him after, just like I have every game since he’s been in baseball, and left him a little personal message,” said Buehrle’s dad, who has a pacemaker in his heart and said he needed it during the ninth inning. “And I said, make sure to give Mr. Wise a hug for me.”
When the game ended, naturally I called my boys.
“Wise should stay on the Sox for the rest of his life,” said the one with the Buehrle poster over his bed.
“That was the greatest catch I’ve ever seen in my life,” said the other.
They’re only in 8th grade. They’ll see other catches, other games. But this one will always be perfect.
If you haven’t seen the catch – watch it here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090723&content_id=6021466&vkey=news_mlb&fext;=.jsp&c_id=mlb
If you have seen it, the report is still worth watching.
Dwayne is from home town Chapin, SC