Source: www.live999radio.com --- Monday, October 16, 2017
Brandon Wade/Getty Images (SANTA ROSA, CA.) — A young Santa Rosa resident wrote an emotional letter to his favorite professional Baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, after his home burned to the ground along with all of his favorite sports memorabilia. Nine-year-old Loren Jaden Smith wrote to the team: “I love watching your A’s games… I want to be an A’s player and I play at Mark West Little League in Santa Rosa. I played Baseball in my backyard all day loving the A’s and making up my own game. In my backyard they won six World Series in a row. But my house burned down in the Santa Rosa fire and my saddest things were my Baseball collection cards… my 17 jerseys and 10 hats and my Baseball from the game and also a ball signed by the whole team and Rickey Henderson and Bob Melvin. I am 9-years-old and I had a major league Baseball and it all burned up… so sad. I know you are not all together but hope they get this.” Young @Athletics fan pens heartbreaking letter to team after losing all of his Baseball memorabilia in the #NorthBayFires #abc7now http://pic.twitter.com/5dNDt5PLkY — Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) October 15, 2017 ABC News affiliate KGO-TV in San Francisco met Loren’s family in the wake of the wildfire and tweeted a photo of his letter to the Athletics and the team’s president, Dave Kaval. “This is so touching. So sad to hear about their loss. We would be happy to completely outfit the family in new Athletics gear,” Kaval replie ...
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