Slocomb native Clay Holmes admitted he knew he might be selected to play in next week’s MLB All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
Still, hearing the official news Sunday afternoon from New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone during a meeting before New York’s game at Boston’s Fenway Park was something he won’t forget.
Holmes said he was informed of his all-star selection by Boone mid-Sunday afternoon before the official all-star rosters were released by ESPN later in the evening. Holmes, wearing a black Yankee T-shirt and blue jeans, sat down on a brown sofa inside the visiting clubhouse office at Fenway as the meeting began.
Holmes then hugged Boone along with Yankee pitching coach Matt Blake and bench coach Carlos Mendoza before leaving. “I don’t express a ton of emotion,” Holmes said. “For me, I am just grateful more than anything. It is something that I can always say that, ‘I am an all-star.’ It is pretty incredible and I am appreciative of it.”
For the season, Holmes has a 4-0 record with a 0.46 earned run average and 16 saves in 18 opportunities for the Yankees, who were off Monday. After Boone informed him of his selection, the 29-year-old Holmes called his wife, Ashlyn, before sending a family text message to his parents, Wendell and Teresa Holmes, and his two brothers, Trey and Jacob Holmes.
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