Theo Epstein Boots 50-Yard Field Goal To Raise Money For ALS Research
BOSTON (CBS) -- Theo Epstein is a man of many talents. He helped break a championship curse for his hometown Red Sox in 2004, and then went and did it for the Chicago Cubs a decade later. On Thursday, he showed off his kicking leg to raise awareness for a great cause.
Epstein, the current president of the Cubs and former Red Sox GM, released a video of himself booting a 50-yard field goal into a soccer net, part of the #TrickShot4Snowy campaign to raise money and awareness for ALS research. It was quite the kick from the Brookline native:
The campaign was started by Chris Snow, an executive with the Calgary Flames and former Red Sox beat writer at the Boston Globe while Epstein was in Boston. Snow was diagnosed with ALS last June and given a year to live, but is going strong in his fight against the disease. He started the #TrickShot4Snowy campaign last week to raise money for ALS research, and has challenged others to make their own trick shots for the cause:
Many players on the Calgary Flames have showed off their skills on social media for Snow's campaign, as have several others throughout the sports world.
And now that Epstein has completed his end of the bargain, he challenged former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder to make their own trick shots.
