{"id":7363,"date":"2022-07-28T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2022-07-28T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:07:20","slug":"watch-a-young-fan-fulfill-his-late-grandfathers-dream-of-meeting-clayton-kershaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2022\/07\/watch-a-young-fan-fulfill-his-late-grandfathers-dream-of-meeting-clayton-kershaw.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch a Young Fan Fulfill His Late Grandfather&#8217;s Dream of Meeting Clayton Kershaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the MLB All-Star Game, a young fan got the chance of a lifetime. Clayton Kershaw finished pitching in his ninth All-Star Game. In the post-game press conference, 10-year-old Blake Grice raised his hand to get Kershaw\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Blake lost his grandfather, Graham, seven years ago to brain cancer. He was a huge Dodgers fan, and one of the things on his bucket list was to meet Clayton Kershaw. Instead of asking Kershaw a question, Blake decided to tell Kershaw about his grandfather and his bucket list. Blake got emotional, and Kershaw was immediately there to comfort him. What a heartwarming moment for a young baseball fan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This 10-year-old fan crossed an item off his late grandfather&#8217;s bucket list when he got to meet Clayton Kershaw \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevesaldivar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stevesaldivar<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eDvEH9JDbm\">pic.twitter.com\/eDvEH9JDbm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1549607043216048132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the MLB All-Star Game, a young fan got the chance of a lifetime. Clayton Kershaw finished pitching in his ninth All-Star Game. In the post-game press conference, 10-year-old Blake Grice raised his hand to get Kershaw\u2019s attention. Blake lost his grandfather, Graham, seven years ago to brain cancer. He was a huge Dodgers fan,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":7378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[1741],"class_list":["post-7363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiring-video","tag-clayton-kershaw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch a Young Fan Fulfill His Late Grandfather&#039;s Dream of Meeting Clayton Kershaw<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"10-year-old Blake Grice lost his grandfather to brain cancer. 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