MONTREAL – “Every 24 hours the world turns over on someone who was sitting on top of it.”
That quote still resonates with Jeff Petry’s father – former major-league pitcher Dan Petry – today, long after his retirement from professional baseball back in 1991. Those words were featured on a sign in Hall-of-Fame manager Sparky Anderson’s office in Detroit where Dan spent the majority of his 13-year playing career that included helping the Tigers claim their last World Series title 32 years ago.
The message of modesty within that saying is something the 57-year-old tried to share with both Jeff and his eldest son, Matt, as they entered the world of competitive sports while growing up in Michigan.