Cameras Catch 31-Year-Old Red Sox Pitcher Crying In Dugout After MLB Debut

I know you weren't watching the Red Sox-Pirates showdown last night. 

I'm a Red Sox fan, and I even skipped it because I have more of a life than that on a Friday night. 

But, I think we all should've at least watched the later innings, because 31-year-old Cam Booser deserved it. 

Who?

Cam Booser, folks. He's 31. He has an unreal mustache game. He's a southpaw. And, most importantly, he finally made his MLB debut last night in Pittsburgh after spending the last four years as a … CARPENTER … in Seattle. 

No, that's not the name of Seattle's obscure minor league team. Just a carpenter. A regular carpenter. 

One of us. 9-5, Maxwell house, pencil in the ear, tape measure clipped to the Wranglers – the whole nine yards. 

Anyway, Cam worked his way back to baseball recently, got the call-up from the Red Sox to travel with the team to Pittsburgh, and he got the left-arm signal from Alex Cora in the 9th last night to close out an easy 8-1 Sox win. 

Incredible:

Cam Booser is what makes baseball great

My God. Baseball is just so beautiful when it's done right. It's the most romantic game in the world.

Where the hell else can you spend four years framing houses (is that what they do?), only to then say, ‘You know what? I’m gonna give this baseball thing a try again,' and then … you do it? 

Nowhere. It doesn't work like that. Not in the NBA. Not in the NFL. Only baseball. 

OK, that may be a bit of a stretch. I'm sure it's happened in those leagues, too. But the point still remains that this was a beautiful moment, and I won't let you take it away. 

Anyway, back to Cam Booser's story …

He was a gunslinger back in school, but kept getting hurt. Broken femur, broken vertebrae, Tommy John at Oregon State – you name it, he had it. 

He tore his labrum two years after the Twins signed him as an undrafted free agent, and then GOT HIT BY A CAR a few months later. Just insanely bad luck. 

Now, this next one's on him …

Cam Booser, 31, who spent the last four years as a carpenter, made his MLB debut for the Boston Red Sox last night. 

After finally getting the body buttoned back up, Booser was nabbed for smoking some weed and suspended 50 games. How dumb. If weed was the only thing he landed on after all that, I say good for him. He should get a freaking medal. 

Anyway, he called it a career in 2017, moved to Seattle, became the city carpenter, and seemingly moved on from the diamond …

… until he rediscovered his fastball while coaching his kids in 2021, and signed with … the Chicago Dogs – an independent team out of Rosemont, Illinois. 

Finally, he pitched well enough to sign with the D-Backs in 2022, and then the Red Sox last year. After a full season in the minors, he got called up earlier this week and then made his debut last night. 

Whew. What a wild ride. What a story. 

Love this guy. If only the Red Sox didn't stink, we'd probably see more of him later this year when the world actually pays attention to baseball. 

For now, we just have this: