The Little League Classic provided Major League Baseball player the chance to be a child again, but it was indeed an awkward moment.
Throughout Little League World Seriesviewers can see the kids’ favorite teams, athletes, food and other fun facts about them.
Yankees and Tigers players did the same over the weekend, paying tribute to the tournament in Williamsport.
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Detroit Tigers pitcher Beau Brieske pitches in the first inning against the New York Yankees Aug. 16, 2024, at Comerica Park in Detroit, Mich. (Steven King/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Several players, i.a Detroit pitcher Beau Brieske, were asked who they would like to meet, dead or alive.
He had a solid answer in Abraham Lincoln, because who wouldn’t want to shoot things with one of the greatest figures in American history?
But his reasoning, Brieske quickly realized, could have been better worded.
“One person I would love to meet: Abraham Lincoln,” Brieske said. “I’d just like to pick his brain, to be perfectly honest with you.”
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States. (Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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It was followed by an awkward pause.
“It sounds bad now that I say it,” Brieske quickly realized.
Lincoln was shot in the back of the head and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in 1865. That fact made Brieske immediately appear to regret his comment.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Beau Brieske against the San Francisco Giants on August 9, 2024 at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (Larry Placido/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Brieske said it innocently enough.
And maybe no one would have batted an eye if he hadn’t caught himself. But Brieske is now behind a little humor.
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