Nice Red Sox story

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

BOSTON – Andrew Madden, a 13-year-old Boston Red Sox fan from Odessa, Texas, bounded up the steps of Fenway Park's home dugout Thursday evening and grinned at his first view of the ballpark's famed left-field wall, known as The Green Monster.

"It's amazing," he exclaimed. "The Green Monster is awesome."

Nearby, his mother, Lauri Wemmer, and his heart surgeon, Dr. Kristine Guleserian, beamed.

Madden underwent heart transplant surgery Sept. 30 at Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Diagnosed as a newborn with an enlarged heart, Madden was admitted to the hospital in August because of heart failure.

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While waiting for a donor heart, Madden met Guleserian, a Boston native and herself a Red Sox fan. As weeks passed, patient and surgeon talked almost daily, as often about the first-place Red Sox and the coming playoffs as the pending surgery.

"We would talk baseball first," Guleserian said, "and talk 'How're you feeling' after that."

On the day before surgery, Guleserian presented Andrew with a Red Sox baseball cap she'd purchased at Fenway Park. Attached, her note to him read, "Andrew, Here's a little something for good luck. The best is yet to come."

He wore the cap into surgery.

Fewer than four weeks later, and traveling with an oxygen tank and a defibrillator in case of emergency, Andrew had arrived at Fenway Park for the first time.

Grace Flight of America provided the jet and the Texas Rangers donated $15,000 for fuel. Red Sox president Larry Lucchino invited Andrew and his party to watch the game from his suite.

Guleserian, at Andrew's side, compared the experience to watching "a new heart start beating again."

"There's something about walking into this place that's indescribable," she said.

Andrew said he became a Red Sox fan during the 2004 playoffs, when the Red Sox came back from three games down to beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, then beat the St. Louis Cardinals for their first World Series title since 1918.

"I started watching them then," Andrew said, "and fell in love with them ever since."

[musika man]

^^^^

sox sok.

[AbdiWahab252]

MADMAC,

The RED SOX are on a roll. For a moment last night, I was worried they were not going to deliver up until the 5th inning.

That SOB, Jiminez, is good. I suspect he once in a while tries to decapitate the opposition to fock with their concentrations.

[*jr]

According to USA Today, Boston Red Sox Team President Larry Lucchino is among those from the American League champions giving to Democrats: $1000. each to Dodd and Obama

Colorado Rockies vice-chairman ceeb Monfort: $2300. to GOP hopeful Mitt Romney.


LET'S GO RED SOX!...even though I'm Yankees fan. 8)

[AbdiWahab252]

*Jr,

Boston is the Sports City of the moment:

New England Patriots, Red Sox and BC are doing well.

The Boston Celtics look good this year.

The 1980s magic may be back for Beantown.

[Niya]

Why is Rudy Giuliani rooting for the Red Sox?

[*jr]

AW,

Sax saxiib, Boston is the place to be when all three teems are doing so well....kenmore Sq, the North End, and Chesnut Hill areas must be happening.

[AbdiWahab252]

*jr,

The Bruins have a long way to go.

But 3 out of 4 teams ain't bad.

[intellex]

maddy 2 down 2 to go man
indeed this is the year of beantown sports hope celtics will do east coast

[Sadaam_Mariixmaan]

the year of Magic City

[AbdiWahab252]

Sadaam,

I might move back into my triple decker in Dorchester.

[*jr]

AW,

Where in Dorchester? Close to Mattapan area or around the park before Ali Papa Restuarant?

[Sadaam_Mariixmaan]

Drugchester ain't safe for ya children my Friends

it's Civil War with the police being Useless U.N Mediators

[QansaGabeyle]

[quote]my triple decker in Dorchester.[/quote]

It is like xamar down there.

[AbdiWahab252]

Sadaam,

I know a couple of hoodlums from back in the day. The madow in my section of Blue Hill were cool if u got used to them.

Qansa,

But Xamar is where the $$ are at. Ain't no place in Somalia richer than Xamar.

Plus, if u want to make money, its in the Ghetto. If a Chinese can set up shop in the Hood, why as a black African would u be afraid.


*jR,

Not too far away from the Franklin pArk Zoo.