Kyle Schwarber apparently fits in so well here that the Red Sox faithful are permanently claiming him as one of their own, and he seems to appreciate the love.
The slugging first baseman and outfielder, who launched a memorable grand slam against the Astros during Game 3 of the ALCS Monday night, attended his postgame press conference in a shirt shouting out the Hawks of Waltham Sr. High School.
The reason: “I guess [Waltham’s] where I’m from according to people from Boston,” he joked.
Schwarber, of course, is not actually from Waltham. He’s from Middletown, Ohio, as he noted in the press conference and has mentioned frequently before.