A few weeks ago I posted an interview with Toronto Blue Jays catcher Gregg Zaun where he talks about being a huge Rush fan. Geddy Lee happens to be a huge baseball fan and can often be spotted behind home plate at Blue Jays games. He was in attendance at a recent Jays game and made Zaun's day. From this Toronto Sun article:
... Jays catcher Gregg Zaun makes no secret of his music interests or the fact that he is a huge fan of the band Rush.
So at a recent Toronto game against the Oakland Athletics at the Rogers Centre, Zaun was sufficiently psyched when he learned that Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee was in attendance.
Zaun, whose first plate appearance each home game is accompanied by the Rush tune Limelight, asked the stadium audio crew to play Limelight for all of his plate appearances that night as a tribute to Lee.
"I was watching him as I walked to the plate to see if he noticed but he was talking to someone the first time up," Zaun said. "The second time, though, he stood up and applauded. That was so cool."
It got even cooler when Zaun took Athletics pitcher Kirk Saarloos deep for a home run and pointed directly at Lee as he crossed the plate. Lee pointed right back, which made Zaun's day.
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