This weekend, we all honor Pete the best way we know how - by fighting, together, in the way that he's taught us.
For all that he's associated with Boston College, there's always a part of me that remembers Pete Frates for his time before he wore maroon and gold.
It was 2003, and it was the greatest high school baseball game in Massachusetts state history. In the Division I North sectional semifinal, St. John's Prep took on Peabody. In the private school's corner stood Frates along with Rich Sirois and Larry Day, both of whom played at UConn.