Todd Frazier & Reds Bat Boy

RFDC · **Joined:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:11 pm **Posts:** 57616

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The Cincinnati Reds had a guest bat boy named Ted Kremer, a 30-year-old with Down syndrome, for their game on Thursday night in Cincinnati. Ted performed his duties flawlessly and was also the recipient of a special granted wish. Before the game Ted had asked third baseman Todd Frazier to hit a home run for him.

Frazier recalls the moment:

“He’s so funny, he said, ‘C’mon, hit me a home run, I love you.’ I said, ‘I love you too, I’ll hit you one.”

In the sixth inning Kremer got his wish when Frazier launched a 421-foot home run which you can see below.

Frazier knew as he rounded the bases that Kremer would be the first person to greet him, and he was.

“It was great how excited — that look,” Frazier said. “I started smiling even before I hit home plate because I knew it. They said he forgot to pick the bat up, so the umpire was yelling at him. It was such a great a great guy. You can’t get mad — even if you have a terrible day. How can you be mad when you’ve got a guy like that around?”

In a rough and emotional time around the United States, it is calming and reassuring to see something like this.

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:30 pm

Shoutout heartily seconded

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:31 pm

He should have asked Frazier for 2 homeruns, or to catch a ball in his hat.

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30714

Regular Reader wrote:

Shoutout heartily seconded

Agreed Reader, very cool story.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Frazier is the realness

spmack · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:40 pm

Great story.

Terry's Peeps · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:41 pm

spmack wrote:

Great story.

Compelling and rich.

redskingreg · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:46 pm

Apparently everyone has me on ignore, jerks. Beat him by four minutes.

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Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30714

Great job RFDC for posting this, haven't seen it anywhere else.

redskingreg · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:53 pm

T-Bone · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:06 pm

Saw this on Sportscenter this morning. Great images and they interviewed the guy after the game. I thought I
read somewhere else that he got to escort Miss Ohio to the mound when she tossed out the first pitch but I
could be wrong on that part. Either way pretty great story. The bearhug Frazier gave him in the dugout was
completely genuine.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

T-Bone wrote:

The bearhug Frazier gave him in the dugout was
completely genuine.

THANK you

Thought I was the only one who saw the boner

T-Bone · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:55 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

T-Bone wrote:

The bearhug Frazier gave him in the dugout was
completely genuine.

THANK you

Thought I was the only one who saw the boner

What I meant of course is that it would have been easy to give a half hearted "thanks buddy" hug.
Frazier picked this guy up and squeezed the shit out of him. If he had a boner I didn't see it. Come
to think of it it would be really uncomfortable to get one with a cup on. All my years wearing cups
in sports that never happened to me.

Elmhurst Steve · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:58 pm

I saw this posted on Facebook and it's well worth a shoutout. The reaction of Frazier and the Batboy ( calling a 30 year old a bat-BOY, is a bit odd, but thats his title) as he reaches home plate and then all the expressions from the batboy afterwards are exceptional. Great stuff...

redskingreg · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:59 pm

Is he a................bat MAN?

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

T-Bone wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

T-Bone wrote:

The bearhug Frazier gave him in the dugout was
completely genuine.

THANK you

Thought I was the only one who saw the boner

What I meant of course is that it would have been easy to give a half hearted "thanks buddy" hug.
Frazier picked this guy up and squeezed the shit out of him. If he had a boner I didn't see it. Come
to think of it it would be really uncomfortable to get one with a cup on. All my years wearing cups
in sports that never happened to me.

Jeez, T bone. Sorry.

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:34 pm

T-Bone wrote:

What I meant of course is that it would have been easy to give a half hearted "thanks buddy" hug.
Frazier picked this guy up and squeezed the shit out of him. If he had a boner I didn't see it. Come
to think of it it would be really uncomfortable to get one with a cup on. All my years wearing cups
in sports that never happened to me.

That was a helluva post.

RFDC · **Joined:** Sun May 11, 2008 4:11 pm **Posts:** 57616

redskingreg wrote:

Apparently everyone has me on ignore, jerks. Beat him by four minutes.

viewtopic.php?f=92&t=30346&start=400

Too good of a story to be lost in that thread. This needed its own deal.

doug - evergreen park · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:13 pm

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

I saw this posted on Facebook and it's well worth a shoutout. The reaction of Frazier and the Batboy ( calling a 30 year old a bat-BOY, is a bit odd, but thats his title) as he reaches home plate and then all the expressions from the batboy afterwards are exceptional. Great stuff...

"And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say...that the Grinch's small heart...grew three sizes that day."

SpiralStairs · **Posted:** Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:36 pm

Dan Bernstein wrote:

How does autism get you closer to a championship?

Narrative, big black studs, watch the line, don't watch the ball, let's breed Brittney Griner, people should just move if their neighbors are getting murdered, doctors and lawyers and Jerry Reinsdorf are the only ones to be trusted, etc. :drunken:

denisdman · **Posted:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:45 pm

I was at the game in the scout seats. That kid was the goods, very serious about his job.

pittmike · **Posted:** Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:15 am

Good things happen still...

T-Bone · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:00 am

rogers park bryan wrote:

T-Bone wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

T-Bone wrote:

The bearhug Frazier gave him in the dugout was
completely genuine.

THANK you

Thought I was the only one who saw the boner

What I meant of course is that it would have been easy to give a half hearted "thanks buddy" hug.
Frazier picked this guy up and squeezed the shit out of him. If he had a boner I didn't see it. Come
to think of it it would be really uncomfortable to get one with a cup on. All my years wearing cups
in sports that never happened to me.

Jeez, T bone. Sorry.

Sorry my humor never seems to come across very well.

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