50 Years To The Day, All-Star Baseball Fan Invited To Games At Coors Field – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – One All-Star Recreation fan is profiting from his alternative after being invited by the commissioner of Main League Baseball. Tom Baird’s journey from Michigan to Colorado is 50 years within the making.

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“I attended the 1971 All-Star Recreation with my dad and my brother on July 13, 1971. Once I noticed the All-Star Recreation this yr was July 13, 2021, I made a decision I’m going to that recreation,” Baird stated. “I’ve bought to be there. I stated, ‘how many individuals can say they’ve been to All-Star Video games 50 years aside?’”

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Baird wrote two letters to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred detailing how vital All-Star Video games have been in his household, and the influence they’ve had. Beard’s expertise 50 years in the past at Tiger Stadium in Detroit laid the trail for a life in baseball by which he performed, coached, and even spent many years as an umpire.

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“I’ve all the time had a love for the sport of Baseball,” he stated.

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To his shock, the commissioner’s workplace quickly reached out with a proposal to attend all of the festivities in Denver.

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Whereas his father and brother have handed away, Baird introduced with him his nephew to maintain the household custom.

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“I’m simply going to take a seat and take the entire day in. It’s like a three-day trip,” stated Baird.