Klein Restivo was literally "griddying" for much of the Texas A&M baseball team’s games this weekend.
Restivo, an 11-year-old boy from College Station, loves to entertain and have fun. He entertained many at the ballpark and those watching the Aggies on TV at home the past two nights with his dance moves. Restivo and his parents sit in the second row of Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park next to the visitor’s dugout, making their seats a prime location to get noticed.
During A&M’s 4-2 win over rival Texas on Saturday in the Bryan-College Station Regional, Restivo’s shirtless dance moves caught wind. When he returned to the ballpark on Sunday, he had become a local celebrity overnight.
“I like being famous,” Restivo said.
Draped with a gold chain he got from his cousin who works for the San Francisco 49ers organization, Restivo would bust a move or take his A&M baseball jersey off and wave it over his head.
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“Whenever I see red lights turn on, I dance,” Restivo said.
During A&M’s regional final against Louisiana on Sunday, Restivo was put on the ballpark videoboard in left field. The crowd went crazy as he hit his signature move. Later, he went into the second deck to the notorious Section 203 and got the crowd fired up. Fans started to chant, “M-V-P” at the preteen.
“They were shouting at me to do it,” Restivo said.
After the seventh inning of Sunday’s game, a “Griddy Cam” was put on the videoboard as the song “Right Foot Creep” by YoungBoy Never Broke Again, the song that goes with the viral dance move, played over the speakers. The camera immediately cut to Restivo and the crowd cheered. After a few seconds, the camera turned to a student in the upper deck who did the same move and the crowd booed. Then, it went back to Restivo and thus a short back-and-forth with cheers for Restivo and boos for a student in a banana suit transpired before the Aggies came to bat in the top of the eighth inning.
Restivo was born to be an Aggie. His father, Brian, is A&M Class of 1998. Klein was born on December 12, 2012, or 12/12/12. The Restivos go to many A&M baseball games, too. Brian said his phone has blown up over the past day.
“It’s not just this week, but he loves having fun,” Brian said. “He likes to entertain and have fun.”
Restivo isn’t the first A&M fan to catch attention during a postseason game at Olsen Field. In 2022, A&M biology professor Chris Lee went viral when he used his “voodoo hex,” a hand gesture where he waved one hand above his fist, to try and throw off Louisville pitchers while sitting behind home plate.
The 2022 A&M team went to the College World Series after Lee’s “voodoo hex” got noticed. The Restivos made the trip to Omaha that year and watched A&M beat Texas in an elimination game. Brian said Saturday was special being at Olsen Field with his son watching the two rivals go at it again.
“I promised him if we make it to Omaha, we’re going back to Omaha in a couple of weeks,” Brian said.
Will Klein be back at Olsen Field next weekend if the Aggies host a super regional, though?
“Yes, sir,” he said.
