The other day while at Six Flags Great Adventure, I caught a familiar face in the corner of my eye. I took a second look and realized it was our old bud Curtis Granderson. Granderson had a mob of security guards surrounding his girlfriend and him as he entered the Superman roller coaster. I decided to wait by the exit for him to come out. I was only waiting for about 10 minutes because he came prepared with his Flash Pass to skip all of the lines. When he emerged from the exit tunnel, I immediately approached him. He was trying to walk away quickly when I yelled: "Curtis"!
He turned around and acknowledged me. This cemented all of the positive thoughts I had about him during his time in the Bronx. Although there are many knocks against him as a ballplayer, he couldn't have been a nicer guy. Even though he made the switch over to Flushing, I don't blame him. The Yankees didn't seem to want him back desperately enough, and he took a nice deal with the Mets.
Granderson was never known as an average guy, but he did in fact blast over 40 home runs in 2011 and 2012 with the Yankees. I don't see him touching the 40 mark with Citi Field's outfield as deep as it is, but 30 home runs is reasonable.
Anyway... after shaking Curtis's hand, I asked if it was okay if we took a picture together. He agreed!
Here it is:
I appreciate Curtis's time in the Bronx, and wish him luck with the Mets. He went out of his way to please a fan, which I'll never forget.
Thank you Curtis.
--Will Cohen, BYB Contributer
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