In 2007, Dan Kelly made himself famous in an unconventional way: TV cameras captured him throwing a piece of pizza at a fellow fan at Fenway Park — an occurrence that caused the Red Sox broadcast to chuckle for quite a while.
Kelly recently spoke to the MLB Network about the events that led up to his famous toss. He told Matt Monaghan that the throw had been brewing for a few innings on a rainy afternoon.
“We get breakfast and mimosas and get ready for a fun day of baseball,” Kelly told Monaghan. “But there was a huge rain delay, so, you know what that means: [more mimosas].