In case you’ve missed it, former New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams is a favorite here at ESNY. We’ve spoken with him twice before, usually on Rare Disease Day, to discuss his recent Tune In To Lung Health initiative with Boehringer Ingelheim.
This is something near and dear to Williams, whose father passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2001.
Sure enough, I had the pleasure of speaking with Bernie Williams once again this past Saturday. Except the circumstances were different. I met him and several others at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut for his eighth annual Bernie Williams Day Celebrity Softball Game & All-Star Concert.