Alex Cora reflects on Jerry Remy’s pizza call, Boston Red Sox’s tribute that ‘brought a smile to everybody’ Friday

BOSTON — Fifteen years in the past right this moment marks Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo’s well-known pizza toss name.

It occurred Monday, April 16, 2007 (Marathon Monday). J.D. Drew hit a foul ball into the left subject stands at Fenway Park. Beer spilled and a fan carrying a Patriots jacket tossed a slice of pizza at one other fan within the location of the place the ball dropped.

“Right here comes the pizza,” Remy stated because the NESN broadcast replayed what occurred.

“Extremely pointless,” Orsillo stated, laughing.

“The man with the Patriots jacket and naturally he’s been requested to go away the ballgame for ruining piece of pizza,” Remy joked.

Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora, then a Pink Sox participant, began at second base for Boston that day. He rewatched the pizza toss this morning.

Cora additionally mirrored on the Opening Day tribute Friday that paid tribute to Remy who died of lung most cancers at age 68 on Oct. 30, 2021.

Cora stated the pregame video tribute Friday allowed everybody to recollect Remy within the fond approach he needs to be remembered. It was a celebration of his life as an alternative of feeling disappointment.

Remy known as Pink Sox video games on NESN for greater than 33 seasons.

“Simply watching the video, it was a type of moments,” Cora stated. “I feel the cool factor about yesterday remembering Jerry, it wasn’t like, ‘Wow. We miss him’ and simply feeling dangerous about it. It was the opposite approach round. … I feel he introduced a smile to everyone within the stadium. It was sort of like, ‘This second, that is the person we wish to bear in mind. That is the best way we wish to bear in mind him.’

“And this morning I noticed the pizza (video),” Cora added. “And his well-known quote, no matter. ‘Right here comes the pizza’ or no matter he stated. It’s a type of the place if you’re from Boston, and you realize Marathon Monday, you realize the pizza recreation occurred. So yeah, it’s simply a type of that it was nice.”

The Pink Sox are also paying tribute to Remy this season with No. 2 patches on their jerseys.

The NESN sales space right here at Fenway Park was named in Remy’s honor.

Cora was within the dugout when the fan tossed the pizza slice.

“We didn’t see it immediately,” Cora stated. “I feel we noticed it afterwards.”

The Pink Sox beat the Angels 7-2 that day.

“I do know we scored a whole lot of runs within the first inning, proper?” Cora stated.

“I feel I used to be a part of it, too, offensively,” Cora added, laughing.

Sure, Boston put collectively a six-run first inning in opposition to Ervin Santana. The rally included Cora delivering an RBI double.

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