North Royalton's George Palko was a Cleveland Indians bat boy in 1982.
He loved every minute seeing the Indians players, and visiting baseball legends.
"It was awesome to see all the people you idolized, on TV Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose,, now you're in the dugout with them," George said.
George was 15 back then, now you have to be 16 years old to be a bat boy.
It's a paid job.
His 22 year old son James has been an Indians bat boy for the last six years, now paying his way through CSU in part with the money earned as a bat boy.
"it is very cool to see, him doing the something that I did, quite a few years ago," George said.
"It was crazy to think about that, it was one of the first things I thought about. I was going to be following in my dad's footsteps," James said.
James doesn't just retrieve bats, he works 12 hour days, from batting practice before the game to helping with laundry and cleaning up the clubhouse after the game.
"We work with the umpires for balls, umpires are flashing us how many balls they need so, if you fall behind there, it's a job you got to be pretty focused to do, you can't mess up. Especially now, you're on national television, you can't slow the game down or anything," James said.
Doing what his dad did is cool for James, and being a bat boy in the World Series is a dream come true.
"The crowd's electric, the guys in the dugout, are even more jacked up than they usually are, they're playing for the world series title, there's only two teams left in baseball and I get to be on the field for it, it's pretty cool," James said.
