Sen Ted Kennedy tossed first pitch Red Sox opener (video)

Sen Kennedy (eulogies/funeral music/speeches/videos)

April 7, 2009

Sen Ted Kennedy threw out the first pitch at Red Sox home opener. He looked very thin and weak and threw a shotput type pitch that one hopped Rice, standing about 5 feet way. Kennedy, unlike the Mayor of Cincinnati, got a second chance and then threw a strike. He smiled and looked every bit the Lion and appeared to have a great time.

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Sen. Edward Kennedy, Hall of Famer Jim Rice. (CHARLES KRUPA/AP)

Both faces say a great deal here, as does the fact that newly-enshrined Hall of Famer Jim Rice graciously shared the spotlight with Sen Kennedy.

Cape Cod Today: excellent article about the Kennedy’s connection to the Red Sox.

Forty-two years ago at Fenway: Sen Ted & Sen Bobby flank dad, Joseph P. Kennedy opening game of the 1967 World Series at Boston’s Fenway Park. The Red Sox won 6-4, and winning pitcher Jose Santiago gave Senator Kennedy the game ball.

From Fanhouse’s HOWARD ULMAN (AP)

The ceremony came 97 years after Kennedy’s grandfather, Boston mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, threw out the first pitch at the first major league game played at Fenway Park on April 20, 1912. Fitzgerald was a member of the “Royal Rooters,” Red Sox fans who paraded in the outfield before games.

“It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” Kennedy said in a statement. “I know how proud (Fitzgerald) was to be a loyal member of the famous ‘Royal Rooters’ and to be a part of Red Sox history that day.”

Makes you realize how long the Kennedy’s have been in power.

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