Guilford Native Throws Out First Pitch At Chicago Cubs Game

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

GUILFORD, CT – Twelve years to the day he was called up to the Chicago Cubs, Guilford’s Adam Greenberg, with his son Leo at his side, threw out the first pitch at the Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game Friday at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Greenberg, a 1999 graduate of Guilford High School, was a hot prospect when he was called up to the Cubs on July 7th, 2005.

Two days later, on July 9th, 2005, in Greenberg's first major-league plate appearance with the Chicago Cubs he was hit in the head with errant 92 mile-an-hour first-pitch fastball that hit him in the head.

Baseball wise, Greenberg was never the same again. His road to recovery was littered with concussions, depression and self doubt.

Seven years after being hit by that fastball that altered his life path, Greenberg, in storybook fashion, got his one official major league at bat with the Miami Marlins.

He never played in another big league game after his plate appearance (a strike out) against the New York Mets.

But Greenberg found a new life path to take becoming a successful businessman, motivational speaker and now author.

On Wednesday, July 19th at 7 p.m. Greenberg will be back in his hometown, speaking about his new book, GET UP, in a talk at the Guilford Library.

In 2010, Greenberg founded the health and wellness company Lurong Living, where he enjoys empowering others to gain control of their health through a line of dietary supplements and nationwide health challenges.

The program is free and open to all. To register, call 203-453-8282 or stop by the library’s reference desk to sign up.