Kris Bryant performs random act of kindness for Twitter follower

SHARE Kris Bryant performs random act of kindness for Twitter follower

Cubs mega-prospect Kris Bryant hasn’t yet played an inning in the majors but he’s already endearing himself to fans everywhere.

Bryant performed a random act of kindness this week by sending a signed, game-used bat to a fellow Las Vegas native.

Here’s what happened:

Mike Kennedy, a sports fan and memorabilia collector, found one of Bryant’s game-used bats for sale on eBay last week. The bat was listed for $850, which is an amazing valuation considering Bryant hasn’t been called up to the Cubs yet.

Before shelling out the dough, Kennedy wanted to verify the bat was genuine. So he decided to go to the source and sent a tweet to Bryant.

Before opening the link, Bryant was ready to make this fan’s day.

Kennedy responded, seemingly in disbelief.

And Bryant made good on his offer.

Bryant shipped the bat on Monday and Kennedy received it Thursday.

“I’m just a big fan,” Kennedy said in a phone interview. “And for me I collect cards and then started collecting game-used memorabilia. When you own a bat that was used in a game it’s a piece of history to me. So that’s why I like them. Even 30 years from now here’s this bat that was used by a player. So I just collect. I wasn’t trying to get anything from him. I just wanted to know if it was legit before I bought it. … I was blown away.”

Bryant told Kennedy that the bat he found listed on eBay was one the prospect had given to a kid during a game this year. Bryant told him he was disappointed to see it for sale.

Kennedy, who works as a lighting technician for concerts, offered Bryant some concert tickets in return, but Bryant wouldn’t accept.

“I don’t need anything man,” Bryant wrote to Kennedy in a direct message. “You’re a big fan and I appreciate that. Good to have people like you out there.”

It’s also good to know there are athletes like Bryant out there.

The Latest
The man was shot in the left eye area in the 5700 block of South Christiana Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side.
Most women who seek abortions are women of color, especially Black women. Restricting access to mifepristone, as a case now before the Supreme Court seeks to do, would worsen racial health disparities.
The Bears have spent months studying the draft. They’ll spend the next one plotting what could happen.
Woman is getting anxious about how often she has to host her husband’s hunting buddy and his wife, who don’t contribute at all to mealtimes.
He launched a campaign against a proposed neo-Nazis march at a time the suburb was home to many Holocaust survivors. His rabbi at Skokie Central Congregation urged Jews to ignore the Nazis. “I jumped up and said, ‘No, Rabbi. We will not stay home and close the windows.’ ”