Indians fans pitch in with wedding gifts for rookie Merritt
CLEVELAND — The guest list for Ryan Merritt’s upcoming wedding could be growing.
Cleveland’s rookie pitcher has made a lot of new friends.
A most improbable October hero for the Indians, Merritt has been overwhelmed by the generous outpouring from some Cleveland fans for sending wedding gifts to him and his fiancee, Sarah, after the 24-year-old pitched so well in the AL pennant-clinching victory over Toronto on Wednesday.
Not long after Merritt worked 4 1/3 scoreless innings and the Indians earned their first World Series trip since 1997, fans found the couple’s wedding registry online and flooded them with gifts.