John Sterling has some unfortunate company, in terms of being hit by errant balls: Jerry Recco is sporting a few stitches, and likely soon a cool scar, just above his right eye thanks to being hit by an errant golf ball off a tree on Thursday.
It’s a story Boomer didn’t know when Jerry came in for his first update during Friday’s show.
“Wait’ll people see Jerry…holy crap, he looks like he got the crap beat out of him!” Boomer said. “He has a knot on his nose and it’s all swollen.”
Gio gave Boomer three guesses as to how it happened, and his choices were baseball to the face, punched by a parent at a youth baseball game (although it may not have been his fault), or car accident. Booms then took back the parent, and added walked into a door in the middle of the night.
After a little back and forth, and changing baseball to cornhole bag, he finally guessed golf ball – which was ironic given where the crew was earlier this week.
“How much were we talking about people getting hit with golf balls, being at the Travelers and all that, and then he gets hit with a golf ball in the face yesterday!” Gio explained.
Jerry had talked about it on The Warm-Up Show, but then he explained it again during that first update: he was playing golf with his father and his two sons, and his 6-iron turned into an accomplice to injury.
“Went down to Howell Park, had a lovely day, and we were on the sixth hole, and I sprayed the drive right behind a tree,” he said. “Lined up to shoot a line drive straight past it like I’ve done a million times…BAM! Right into the tree, right into my head.”
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We almost lost the former Pulse of the People Award winner, as “the blood that came gushing out was ridiculous,” and in fact, some of it is still on Jerry’s shoes…as is the evidence?
“I can still see Titleist in your head,” Boomer joked, before Jerry told him it was a Callaway.
“And then I hear Matthew on the other side, saying, ‘move on, let’s go!’” Jerry said. “I didn’t even realize until this morning, it’s on my sneaker. I had my beautiful brand new Flag & Anthem vest on…covered in blood.”
Jerry had to leave the course and get medical attention, as he could not stop the bleeding, and Boomer’s biggest disappointment was that the rest of the Reccos finished the round but Jerry didn’t – although it’s not his fault, as he was removed from the game by medical.
We then got some calls, including an eyewitness to the incident (George in Howell, aka one of the course employees who was first on the scene and also spoiled Jerry’s reputation while trying to explain how tough he was) and a pilot who lost an eye on the golf course…so, hey, it could’ve been worse.
We can get new sneakers and a new vest, but we can’t get a new Jerry…so while it wasn’t really a good way to start a Feel Good Friday, as Gio mentioned, Jerry is indeed okay, thankfully.
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