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Thirty-Five Years Ago, Jonathan Keane Was Hit by a Foul Ball. Then Jim Rice Saved his Life.

Last Friday was, in most ways, one of the better days of Jonathan Keane’s life. To celebrate his 40th birthday, Keane—along with two of his four golf-mad younger brothers and their father, Tom—teed off at Bethpage Black at 7:54 AM after having camped out for the previous 14 hours for the privilege of their first round on the legendary Long Island course. Keane shot a 90. “He’s got three little kids, so he doesn’t have much time for golf these days,” says his dad. His score, though, wasn’t what made the outing a little bittersweet.

That was due to what had occurred two days earlier and 35 miles west, at Yankee Stadium.