Memphis Miracle League baseball field and playground could be a game-changer
Eddy Hatcher, 73, hopes to convert the softball field at Tobey Park into a Miracle League baseball field and playground for children and adults with disabilities. Hatcher was motiivated by two childhood friends, one with cerebral palsy and one with muscular dystrophy, who never got to play baseball. “I don’t want that to happen to anyone in Memphis ever again.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Eddy Hatcher never forgot his two childhood friends who couldn’t run, play or enjoy baseball due to physical disabilities, and “I don’t want that to happen to anyone in Memphis ever again.”
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Don Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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