05/14: "First career home run, solo shot off Sam Richmand for Brett Garder, 5-14-09"
Posted by: Patrick
Brett Gardner's first career home run came in last night's 8-2 win over the Blue Jays. According to Tyler Kepner, when he got back to his locker, he found the supposed home run ball, inscribed as follows:
The name of the pitcher, hitter and the date were all wrong, as well as the fact that it was a two run home run, and not a solo shot. But, it also wasn't the actual ball, which was delivered to Gardner and inscribed correctly by team trainer Gene Monahan.
Apparently this is a pretty common prank in game and Gardner didn't buy it. "Supposed to be a joke," he said. "Not too funny, though."
First career home run, solo shot off Sam Richmand for Brett Garder, 5-14-09
The name of the pitcher, hitter and the date were all wrong, as well as the fact that it was a two run home run, and not a solo shot. But, it also wasn't the actual ball, which was delivered to Gardner and inscribed correctly by team trainer Gene Monahan.
Apparently this is a pretty common prank in game and Gardner didn't buy it. "Supposed to be a joke," he said. "Not too funny, though."
