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Stow shouts ‘Play ball!’ before Game 4 of Series

San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery chats with San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow before Game 4 of baseball's World Series Saturday, 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. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery chats with San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow before Game 4 of baseball's World Series Saturday, 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. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

By Associated Press October 25, 2014 1 min read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – 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 night 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.