Oprah Helps 'Housewives' Star Live Baseball Dream
(Tuesday, February 22 04:00 PM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com)
The World Champion Boston Red Sox -- it still sounds odd to say
that -- got a little dose of "Desperate Housewives" magic on
Saturday when James Denton took batting practice with the team.
Denton's taste of the major leagues, described as his "wildest
dream," was made possible by that notorious dreammaker and "Desperate
Housewives" fan Oprah Winfrey.
On an earlier taping of Winfrey's show, the all-powerful host asked
Denton what his dream was and the "Threat Matrix" star said he'd
love to "take batting practice with a major-league team." With
Denton in Fort Meyers, Florida on Saturday, Winfrey and the city's
mayor, Jim Humphrey, helped set up the surprise visit to the
formerly cursed Sox camp.
Oprah's "Wildest Dreams" bus picked Denton up and took in to the
spring training facilities, where he was given a Sox uniform with
his name and the number "05" on the back. He did drills with
several Red Sox players and did batting practice with Ron Jackson,
the team's hitting coach.
"I had a great time," Denton gushes. "Ron Jackson and the Red Sox
took great care of me. I want to thank Bronson Arroyo and Jason
Varitek for taking time out of their schedule to make me feel welcome.
Both of them seem like great guys. Jason even gave me one of his
batting gloves."
Naturally, Oprah's cameras were following Denton the entire time
and his episode will air in May.
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