Miracle League is a Hit for Disabled Ballplayers! - featured July 12, 2011
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Leslie Ma swings the bat. And misses the ball. It happens again. And again. “We don’t know how far she can see,’’ says her mother, Yuh-Feei Guo. “Maybe she’ll hit the ball by chance.’’
Leslie, 16, is legally blind.
On the fifth pitch, Leslie makes contact. As Leslie, breaking into full smile, negotiates her way around the bases, the people at the Blanchard Memorial School field applaud and shout out her name.
“This means a lot to her,’’ says her mother, meaning this place, these Saturday mornings when the Miracle League of Massachusetts lets disabled youths ages 5 to 18 imagine they’re Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, or Big Papi.
Kyle Erickson, 13, of Acton, has schizencephaly, a rare developmental brain disorder, and is nonverbal and nonambulatory. He uses a power chair to get around.
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Leslie Ma swings the bat. And misses the ball. It happens again. And again. “We don’t know how far she can see,’’ says her mother, Yuh-Feei Guo. “Maybe she’ll hit the ball by chance.’’
Leslie, 16, is legally blind.
On the fifth pitch, Leslie makes contact. As Leslie, breaking into full smile, negotiates her way around the bases, the people at the Blanchard Memorial School field applaud and shout out her name.
“This means a lot to her,’’ says her mother, meaning this place, these Saturday mornings when the Miracle League of Massachusetts lets disabled youths ages 5 to 18 imagine they’re Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, or Big Papi.
Kyle Erickson, 13, of Acton, has schizencephaly, a rare developmental brain disorder, and is nonverbal and nonambulatory. He uses a power chair to get around.
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