In June, when I was in VIP and meeting The Visitors, one of the players asked me where I was from and when I said CT, he told me that Connor was from CT and I should go talk to him. After that Connor and I had a little chat every day. When I saw he was doing a meet and greet in his hometown at a pizza place on Tuesday after I returned from Savannah I figured I’d try to check it out. It was from 530-7 and I got there around 6 when Connor was giving a speech about his time playing baseball and getting recruited by banana ball. Everyone was squeezed inside the take out only restaurant, and customers were coming in and out to pick up orders. I ended up almost tripping an older man with my walker, and as he was leaving I realized it was Will Friedle and his Dad! I ended up just opting to say “Hey Mr Seat 4C” in a iykyk kind of way, he say heyyy and left. The place was already chaos so I didn’t want to cause a scene for Will – but I was listening to Pod Meets World and Magical Rewind the whole drive up so it was almost like I manifested it.
I ended up letting most of the kids go up and meet Connor before me, it was fun to see them being so excited and him interacting with them all. I also met Connor’s Dad, Sister and Mom and chatted with all of them a bit about banana ball and how I had met Connor in Louisville and found out we were both from CT. Connor remembered me when I got up to him and asked if I had seen that the Firefighters beat the Bananas and was shocked when I told him that I was there! It sounds like he’s on a team next season but no one knows which one yet as everything was being very secretive! (Banana Ball has since announced the 2 new teams – Loco Beach Coconuts and Indianapolis Clowns) I am looking forward to finding out which team he will be pitching for and planning my 2026 schedule around trying to see all of the teams at least once.