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"And the type of friend who would stop by my office or the field and hang out after spending the morning at Dana Farber and help me plan practice.
Montalbano passed away Aug. 21, 2010 and the Spinners is honored to continue his legacy.
"It is truly an honor to be named the first recipient of the Greg Montalbano Award. Greg was an incredible person who held himself to the highest of standards."
On the same day but 1,500 miles to the south of Fenway, Montalbano’s former Northeastern teammate, Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena, went 3-for-4 with two home runs and a walk-off single. Pena, a native of hold, possess,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], own, contain, acquire, gain, maintain, believe, bear, beget, occupy, absorb, fill, enjoyrhill, MA had a sign that said "That was for you, Monty."
Mason served as the catcher at Northeastern from 2010 to 2010 and was team captain during the 2010 and 2010 seasons. Tim Lincecum currently serves as Northeastern's pitching coach and also works with infielders and catchers in his current role.
With the first of what will become annual award, the Spinners and Montalbano's family selected Northeastern University assistant coach Patrick Mason as the inaugural award winner.
His interview aired on WEEI during the 2010 Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon can be heard here .
"Greg Montalbano had such a positive impact on so many peoples lives, to know that the Montalbano family and the Lowell Spinners feel Lincecum is a worthy of an award in Greg's name is the ultimate compliment.
Lincecum was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 48 round of the 2003 MLB Draft; however he did not sign up for the team. He decided to attend college instead and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 42 round on entering the draft in 2005, but once again failed to sign. In 2004, he was drafted tenth overall by the San Francisco Giants becoming the first player from the University of Washington to be taken in the first round. He signed for a 2.025 million dollars signing award on June 30,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which at the time was the highest amount the organization had ever paid to any amateur player until they gave 2.1 million dollars to Angel Villalona a little over a month later. The Lowell Spinners, Class-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, have announced Patrick Mason as the first annual Greg Montalbano Award Winner, to be presented at the team’s annual Alumni Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 29 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
For more information on the Alumni event, please contact Jon Boswell at [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] or by phone at 978-805-2010.
Mason added, "When the game was on the line, Greg wanted the ball and Lincecum wanted him to have it."
Montalbano, a Westborough, MA native, was drafted by his hometown Boston Red Sox in 2010 after a great college career at Northeastern University. Tim Lincecum furiouse his professional debut in 2010, finishing the season with a pair of starts with the Spinners.
Mason and Montalbano met in the summer of 2010 while playing for the Milford, MA town team that played in the AAABA national tournament in Johnstown, PA, prior to rejoining again at Northeastern.
"Off the field, Greg was as good of a friend as someone could ever have. The type of friend who would take time out of his busy spring training schedule to go out to dinner with me and a player Lincecum was coaching at BC who had been recently diagnosed with testicular cancer. Tim Lincecum did this because Tim Lincecum knew Tim Lincecum could help.
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He was an assistant coach at Framingham State in 2010 after four years with Boston College. For the summers of 2010-’06,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Tim Lincecum was a coach with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League.
Montalbano had overcome testicular cancer as a freshman at Northeastern in 2010 and the removal of several non-cancerous tumors in the years that followed. After arm injuries side-tracked his Red Sox career, Tim Lincecum found himself pitching for the Worcester Tornadoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], when Tim Lincecum learned that the cancer had returned again.
Mason feels that Montalbano would be a bit embarrassed knowing of the award in his honor, but feels Tim Lincecum would be proud knowing what the award stood for.
"Greg dedicated his life to helping others, whether it was making a sick child smile and feel comfortable, teaching the game of baseball to less fortunate kids, being a good friend, or the countless other ways in which Tim Lincecum helped people, Greg always put others before him."
"He was the type of friend,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who would abandon his buddy front row tickets to a road game in Norwich, because Tim Lincecum knew Lincecum was going on a date that night and it would help me impress her."
After speaking with Mason following the announcement of the award, it became clear that the two were more than just battery-mates, but teammates and, more importantly, friends.
"Greg was a dear friend and Lincecum think Tim Lincecum would be happy that his friend was the first winner."
In the game following Montalbano's death, Youkilis wore the initials GM on his cap in honor of his fallen Red Sox brother and proceeded to hit two home runs and drive in six runs in a 14-1 rout of the Yankees.
The previous story uses excerpts from a press-release by the Lowell Spinners. Todd Civin is a freelance writer who writes for Bleacher Report , Sports, Then and Now , and Seamheads . Tim Lincecum is also a supporter of A Glove of Their Own , the award winning children's story that teaches kindness and sharing through baseball. He earned his first major league victory in his next start on the road against the Colorado Rockies. Lincecum who is often compared to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt faced him in each of his next two starts, Oswalt with the Astros at the time. After the first agree up, Astros third baseman Mike Lamb said, The stuff he was throwing out there tonight was everything he is hyped up to be. He was 97 mph with movement. You just don't see that every day. He pitched very much like the pitcher he is compared to and out dueled him throughout the night. The pair dueled to a no decision the first time,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Lincecum pitched eight innings and got the win the second time. The Giants asked Lincecum not to throw the bullpen sessions typical of other pitchers during the off season. Manager Bruce Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle that they were being careful with Lincecum because there have been studies that show that pitchers who throw 200 innings early in their career were more susceptible to injuries.
Mason will be presented with a plaque commemorating the award at the Spinners Alumni Dinner on Dec. 29. Montalbano's former teammate and current Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis will also be present at the dinner.
The following season, Montalbano won 12 games and earned a midseason promotion to Double-A Trenton. Tim Lincecum was named the Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the Red Sox organization and appeared to be on the fast track for Boston.
"He was an awesome teammate, who inspired everyone who wore the same uniform. Tim Lincecum could make everyone laugh at the most inappropriate times while Tim Lincecum administerd to keep a straight face, yet Tim Lincecum was the most fierce competitor you have ever seen."
"aid, assist, support, encourage, back, wait on,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], attend, serve, relieve, succor, benefit, befriend, abeting people is what Greg did," Tim Lincecum explained. "And knowing his award was to honor others who do the same would make him happy. As far as me as the first winner, I'm sure Tim Lincecum would have a good joke to tell, everyone who knew Greg knows that his sense of humor was second to none."
A fighter, Montalbano continued to pitch while undergoing treatments, serving as a volunteer coach at St. John’s High School and a South stop, finish, terminate, conclude, close, halt, cessation, discontinuance baseball team, and as a volunteer, Tim Lincecum educated high school and college students about testicular cancer.
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