As she slowly made way to the ceremonial pitch on July 4, fans at Dodger Stadium held their breath for a successful pitch.
The ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium often goes unnoticed by fans anxious for the game to start, but this past Fourth of July — on the nation’s 247th birthday — the silver-haired, 101-year-old lady standing at home plate with her walker held the holiday crowd in the palm of her hand.
The mound was all Ethel’s, now all she had to do was get there. It might as well have been in Orange County because she wasn’t going to make it. Baseball ran in her blood. As a young woman, she was at sold out Yankee Stadium the day a terminally-ill Babe Ruth leaned on his bat at home plate in 1948 to say good bye, and she absolutely adored that amazing gazelle who roamed center field for the Yanks, “Joltin’ Joe” DiMaggio.
“When you’ve lived to be as old as I am, people somehow think you’re brilliant,” Ethel said, laughing. “You want to know the most important thing? Never lose your sense of humor.”
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