Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Brandeis Baseball Honors Figueroa, Retires No. 2 Jersey
By Adam Rosen
The Brandeis baseball team forever enshrined Nelson Figueroa into school history, retiring his #2 jersey in a private ceremony last Saturday. The event took place after a Brandeis Baseball Alumni Game, which was put together last-minute by Coach Pete Varney as a way to gather as much of the Brandeis baseball family as possible for the Figueroa ceremony when it became definite that Nelson would not be playing postseason baseball in October.
After the ceremony, Figueroa, a former WBRS DJ, took a trip down memory lane by coming up to the WBRS studio in Shapiro Campus Center for an exclusive live interview. He discussed topics such as the significance of having his jersey number retired, memories from Brandeis, his thoughts on this past year with the Mets, and his outlook on the 2010 season. A recording of the interview can be found below, as well as his chat with reporters after the ceremony and a Station ID he recorded for WBRS.
Figueroa WBRS IN-STUDIO Interview (w/ Adam Rosen & Ian Cutler) (26:09)
Nelson Figueroa Station ID
Figueroa talking with reporters post-ceremony (9:45)
...Brandeis bias aside, Nelson Figueroa could be the classiest, most likable person in the world- it's almost hard to believe he is a professional athlete. Whether you're a Mets fan, Yankees fan, or a disinterested third party, it is impossible not to root for the guy. Thanks again to Nelson for being extremely gracious with his time for WBRS this past weekend, and we wish him nothing but the best of luck in his quest to make a Major League roster next season...
For more information on Figueroa's number retirement ceremony, read this article from The Justice.
First photo by Julian Agin-Liebes/the Justice
The Brandeis baseball team forever enshrined Nelson Figueroa into school history, retiring his #2 jersey in a private ceremony last Saturday. The event took place after a Brandeis Baseball Alumni Game, which was put together last-minute by Coach Pete Varney as a way to gather as much of the Brandeis baseball family as possible for the Figueroa ceremony when it became definite that Nelson would not be playing postseason baseball in October.
After the ceremony, Figueroa, a former WBRS DJ, took a trip down memory lane by coming up to the WBRS studio in Shapiro Campus Center for an exclusive live interview. He discussed topics such as the significance of having his jersey number retired, memories from Brandeis, his thoughts on this past year with the Mets, and his outlook on the 2010 season. A recording of the interview can be found below, as well as his chat with reporters after the ceremony and a Station ID he recorded for WBRS.
Figueroa WBRS IN-STUDIO Interview (w/ Adam Rosen & Ian Cutler) (26:09)
Nelson Figueroa Station ID
Figueroa talking with reporters post-ceremony (9:45)
...Brandeis bias aside, Nelson Figueroa could be the classiest, most likable person in the world- it's almost hard to believe he is a professional athlete. Whether you're a Mets fan, Yankees fan, or a disinterested third party, it is impossible not to root for the guy. Thanks again to Nelson for being extremely gracious with his time for WBRS this past weekend, and we wish him nothing but the best of luck in his quest to make a Major League roster next season...
For more information on Figueroa's number retirement ceremony, read this article from The Justice.
First photo by Julian Agin-Liebes/the Justice
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