Yankees lefty Ryan Yarbrough (1-0, 3.38) throws Monday at the Los Angeles Angels. Rockies lefty Carson Palmquist (0-2, 11.88) pitches Monday in Chicago against the Cubs.
A month later, Irsay was diagnosed with a respiratory illness.last summer, Irsay told reporters he was continuing to rehab from two subsequent surgeries.
“It’s great to see you guys, the fans and to be out here,” he said at the time. “I’m feeling great, you know, just trying to get this left leg stronger, which it will be.”Irsay also did not speak during the recent NFL draft as he usually did.But his story is one of a kind.
As a teenager, he tossed footballs with MVP quarterbacks Johnny Unitas and Bert Jones. He relied frequently on the lessons he learned from rubbing elbows with some of the game’s most important owners — Al Davis, Lamar Hunt, Wellington Mara and Art Rooney — as they worked through the 1982 players’ strike and the implementation of a salary cap.And he presided over the greatest quarter-century of Colts football thanks to Manning and quarterback Andrew Luck.
Irsay handled everything from ticket sales to public relations as he rose through the organization even watching No. 1 overall pick John Elway force a trade to Denver in 1983.
When he took over as owner following his father’s death in 1997, things were different. The arrival of Manning helped Irsay — and the Colts — create a passionate local following that hadn’t previously existed but still remains strong today.“I remember the feeling of kind of growing into the suit and the suit growing around me fitting by fitting,” Corenswet said. “We had such an amazing costume team and they built the suit around me over the course of many weeks and months and it started to feel just a little bit like home for me.”
The first time he felt the impact of it was through the eyes of other people. To him, it was old hat, but when he walked onto set the first time in the suit he noticed something different from the cast and crew.“I saw their faces sort of light up and I went, ‘Wait a minute, these people aren’t that fond of me,’” he laughed. “That’s when it hits you.”
Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, and Corenswet at CinemaCon in April. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, and Corenswet at CinemaCon in April. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)