Former Red Sox Gold Glove center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. walked out to a big surprise after broadcasting Auburn’s 9-5 win over Central Connecticut State in the NCAA Regionals on Friday.
Bradley, who is working as an ESPN college baseball analyst, found that a baseball smashed the glass of his car’s rear window. The ball was sitting there in the backseat.
ESPN’s Roy Philpott posted a video of the broken window Friday and wrote, “Smashed! @JackieBradleyJr and I just wrapped up two games at Auburn then we walk outside to find his car. Ball still inside!”
Bradley quote tweeted it, writing: “Tough scene. Great start to the weekend.”
Bradley apparently will park in a spot farther away from the field Saturday. He tweeted this afternoon, “Today, I will make the parking adjustment!”
Bradley, 35, played for Boston from 2013-20, then again in 2022. The Red Sox 2011 first round pick (40th overall) made the AL All-Star team in 2016 and won a Gold Glove in 2018. He also won the 2018 ALCS MVP.
His 11-year major league career included stints with the Brewers and Blue Jays in addition to his nine seasons with Boston.
