“But we never allowed him to throw a curve until he was 16. Hence a southpaw was born,” said Lloyd Hill Jr. “My brother John, who was a gymnastics captain at Syracuse, taped (Rich's) right arm behind his back, and we took a batch of baseballs into the backyard and had him throw them lefty through a tire. Hill's devastating curveball might never have existed if not for the decision by his much older brothers - Lloyd Jr., who is 19 years older, and an even older brother John - to make the kid into a left-hander. He has played on eight different ballclubs during his career, including the Red Sox he had Tommy John and shoulder surgery he's been cut from rosters and out of professional baseball.Īnd yet through it all, he maintained a belief that he belonged on this stage, and continued to press forward when many would have called it a career. The Dodgers lefty, who was also a Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic, had to overcome a lot of obstacles to get where he is. In my opinion, becoming a major league baseball player is the ultimate success. “To have a son in the World Series, I just thank God, because it’s a blessing," he said. didn't expect to see his 38-year-old son perform on the mound at Fenway Park - at least not during Tuesday night's Game 1 and Wednesday night's Game 2 - but he went to the opener on Tuesday night anyhow just so he could see his youngest be introduced to the crowd and line up along the foul lines. “I don’t think he’s ever pitched when I didn’t have the TV on, or was there in person when he was on the mound,” Lloyd Hill Sr. His father, a former Brown University football captain, has never missed a pitch his son has thrown in the major leagues. If his Dodger-blue windbreaker wasn't enough, any remaining doubts as to Hill's allegiance were quickly erased by the sight of a bobblehead depicting his youngest son, Rich Hill, the crafty Dodgers southpaw. the spry, nattily attired, 90-year old former Quincy High School principal - was already sitting on his son's couch, dressed for action. MILTON - There was still five hours to go before the first pitch of the 2018 World Series between the Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, but Milton’s Lloyd Hill Sr.
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