MARCH 18 - 31, 2025 Miracle League of Miami-Dade brings baseball dreams to life BY CHRISTOPHER PEARSON The Miracle League is a baseball pro- A gram for special needs kids founded in s 17-year-old Michael Conyers, GA in 1998 and has more than Traband moved...
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MARCH 18 - 31, 2025 Miracle League of Miami-Dade brings baseball dreams to life BY CHRISTOPHER PEARSON The Miracle League is a baseball pro- A gram for special needs kids founded in s 17-year-old Michael Conyers, GA in 1998 and has more than Traband moved up to 300 locations throughout the United States home plate, baseball bat and abroad. in hand, Bad to the Bone The organization’s guiding principle is blasted from DJ Ray’s that everyone deserves the chance to play speakers and every eye was trained upon baseball. In 2010, the Howard Palmetto him. The pitch arrived and Michael cracked Softball Baseball Association, under the a base hit as the crowd roared. leadership of Keith Reilly and Karl Sturge, He then began the painstaking process of brought the Miracle League to Miami and moving to first base, using a walker be- became the 236th Miracle League partner. cause, you see, Michael has cerebral palsy. In 2016, thanks to the efforts of numer- He is a member of the River Dogs team, ous
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