WooSox bat boy makes the seize of the evening at Fenway, good points fame from Crimson Sox Nation

The bat boy for the WooSox says he’s residing the dream.

Aaron Buckley, an 18-year-old lifelong Crimson Sox fanatic, grew to change into the individual of the evening time when he grabbed Connor Wong’s two-run homer in the first row atop the Green Monster in the midst of the eighth inning of Thursday’s 8-2 win in the direction of Cincinnati.

“I undoubtedly acquired some peak on it,” Buckley instructed the Herald on Friday. “I simply sort of jumped up and threw my glove up there, and I believe I simply put it in the fitting spot. There wasn’t an excessive amount of time to assume.”

Earlier than the magical second, Buckley had already been standing up, as a result of the Crimson Sox had put the game away by scoring 4 runs throughout the eighth, which he talked about helped make the excellence.

Kike Hernandez hit a solo blast to the Monster seats an inning earlier to supply the Crimson Sox a one-run lead on the time, 2-1. The ball landed quite a few sections away from Buckley.

“It was extra like, ‘Wow, that ball acquired out of right here fast, so I’ve to be prepared if one thing is coming close to me,’” Buckley talked about of his mindset that helped him catch not merely Wong’s dinger however as well as fame from Crimson Sox Nation.

Fenway Park hosted a Twentieth-anniversary celebration Thursday of the Monster seats, which made their debut in the midst of the 2003 season. Buckley, earlier on throughout the evening, gave fist bumps to NESN broadcasters Dave O’Brien, Tim Wakefield and Kevin Youkilis, who known as the game quite a few sections away instead of throughout the broadcast gross sales house.

“Connor Wong will contact all of them, and the catch made!,” O’Brien known as. “It’s a nice evening to be within the Monster seats!”

Soon, the WooSox Twitter account posted, “Connor Wong ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ TO THE WOOSOX BAT BOY!!!!!! no, severely. our bat boy simply caught Connor Wong’s residence run.”

Buckley’s cellphone blew up with textual content material messages.

“I used to be ending up all of the excessive fives round me and stuff, and I already had a number of texts about ‘Good catch,’ sending me the video of it from their television,” he talked about. “It actually hasn’t stopped.”

Buckley was born three weeks after the Crimson Sox broke the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ by worthwhile the 2004 World Collection, breaking their 86-year drought. The primary Crimson Sox championship he remembers is as soon as they gained in 2013, moreover in the direction of St. Louis.

Buckley and his family used to journey to Fenway from their dwelling in Hopedale, near Worcester, yearly. However now that he has his drivers license, he goes to video video games further sometimes. Thursday marked his first time sitting atop the Monster.

“I might go for any seat anyplace,” Buckley talked about. “I simply love being within the ballpark, however I’ve all the time stated if there’s one seat in sports activities that I’d like to sit down in, it’s the Monster.”

The primary-year bat boy for the WooSox will probably be attending Dean School throughout the fall for sports activities actions broadcasting, and he talked about he hopes he can preserve his summer season season job by faculty.

Buckley attended Thursday’s sport alongside along with his youthful brother, getting the tickets as a gift after graduating from Blackstone Valley Tech in Upton two weeks previously.

“It was superior with the ability to share that second with him,” Buckley talked about of his embrace alongside along with his brother after the catch of the evening time. “We are going to keep in mind that for the remainder of our lives.”

“Between the WooSox job and every part that occurred final evening, I’m dwelling the dream.”