BOSTON – On Saturday afternoon, Patrick McKenna, a 24-year-old Boston native, was walking around a near-empty Fenway Park as the Red Sox took some early batting practice. He saw Boston’s new ace Chris Sale walking in from right field and made a savvy business decision.
McKenna, a right-handed pitcher about to report to an independent league team in Roswell, N.M., figured what better person to ask for some pitching advice than Sale.
I watched as McKenna called out to Sale. Naturally I thought he was asking for an autograph. Sale looked around and couldn’t find a ball.