Anautographed baseball from the 1962 World Series that wasauctioned Saturday raised $30,000 for a memorial statue to honor a9-year-old Kansas batboy who died afterhe was accidentally struck by a bat during a game in August.Kaiser Carlile, a batboyfor the Denard Robinson Jersey LiberalBee Jays,after he was hit in the head by a warm-upswing during aNational Baseball Congre sWorld Series game in Wichita, Kan., a day earlier. He was wearing Brandon Johns Jr. Jersey a helmet, as is mandated by the league, but still suffered a fatal injury when one of the team’s batters made contact with Kaiser’s helmet as he was retrieving a bat.MORE: Theballfrom the 1962 Yankeeswas donated to a silent auction earlier this monthby Randy Watson. His13-year-old brother, Rudy, died in 1966 after he was struck in the head by a foulball. Charles Woodson Jersey Hehad been born with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.Both were big persons in little bodies, Watson said, . Both were scrappers. They were dedicated and had to try hard to do everything.Rudyhad beengiven the ballby 1962 World Series MVP Ralph Terry. Watsonchose to donate the ballbecause of the similarities between Kaiser and his brother Jourdan Lewis Jersey .All my life, I have lived with the thought of how this all started with what Ralph Terry did, Watson said. I thought if he can do that, maybe I ought to follow his example. This whole thing was meant to beit was exactly how God intended it to be. I have always wondered why Ralph gave Rudy that ball. But when things happen, you dont always know the answer.But sometimes 49 years later, you learn the answer.The Braylon Edwards Jersey National Baseball Congre sin early August after Kaiser’s death.
