BOSTON — Wealthy Hill got here on in aid for the Boston Pink Sox on Thursday evening and have become the one lively participant to seem in a significant league sport in every of the final 20 seasons.
“There’s lots of people to thank to get so far,” the left-hander mentioned as he struggled to handle his feelings within the clubhouse after the 2-0 loss to the Blue Jays. “Placing within the work, the trouble to get again. … I’ve at all times beloved doing it. I’m lucky to have the ability to do it.”
Hill, who had stints with the Yankees and Mets, changed starter Kutter Crawford with two outs within the seventh and struck out Toronto heart fielder Daulton Varsho with a runner on second to finish the inning.
The 44-year-old Hill, who’s in his fourth stint with the Pink Sox, acquired a pleasant cheer from the group and a handshake from supervisor Alex Cora when he returned to the dugout.
He got here again out for the eighth with Boston trailing 2-0 and retired all three batters he confronted on a strikeout and two grounders.
Hill joins Tim Wakefield as the one pitchers to seem for the Pink Sox at age 44 or older.
Hill — a Milton, Massachusetts, native who pitched in faculty at Michigan — has appeared for 13 totally different main league groups.
“Gotta love him, man,” mentioned Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider, who caught Hill within the Cape Cod League greater than 20 years in the past. “I laughed when he got here in. … I give him all of the credit score on the planet for nonetheless doing it. He’s like a baseball model of Tom Brady proper now in New England.”
