Adam Bender One Legged Baseball Player

Here's an inspirational baseball story about an 8 year old catcher with one leg.

"Adam Bender, 8, is one of several kids who plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park. What makes Adam stand out is that he plays one of the toughest positions on the field with only one leg. Because of cancer, he had his left leg amputated when he was one. Adam doesn’t use a prosthesis, and only uses crutches when he reaches base for the Astros. Charles Bertram READ THE STORY

Since the story of 8-year old cancer survivor Adam Bender was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, and on http://www.kentucky.com/, on June 1, 2008, the one-legged catcher has been invited to throw out first pitches at a Chicago White Sox game, a Cincinnati Reds game, a Houston Astros game, and has been invited to a Garth Brooks benefit in Las Vegas. On June 6, 2008, Adam threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Adam Dunn of the Reds."

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