San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery hugs San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow before Game 4 of baseball’s World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the Giants on Oct. 25, 2014, in San Francisco. Stow was disabled after an attack by Los Angeles Dodgers fans following a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Dodgers in San Francisco.SAN FRANCISCO – Bryan Stow hollered “Play ball!” and the sellout crowd roared.
Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan brutally beaten outside Dodger Stadium on opening day of the 2011 season, did his part to get Game 4 of the World Series started Saturday at AT&T Park.
From a wheelchair near San Francisco’s dugout – and with Giants third base coach Tim Flannery and reliever Jeremy Affeldt by his side – Stow hollered, “Welcome to the Kansas City Royals and your San Francisco Giants! Whoo! … Play ball!”
Flannery kissed Stow on the head.
“We are so thrilled to be here tonight,” Stow’s mother, Ann, said in a statement. “This is the first World Series game that Bryan will be able to remember since his accident. He is so appreciative of all the support Giants’ fans have shown him throughout this journey. He feels like he is part of the team.”