The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

June 27, 2010

League levels the playing field

By Patrick Cooley
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BROOKFIELD — It might not look like a traditional baseball game at first glance, that is, the baseball game one would see in the Brookfield Community Park on summer Sundays.

Some of the players are in wheelchairs, others use walkers and canes and most are mentally challenged, but they all come out every week for the same reason: the chance to play baseball, and it’s an opportunity they might not otherwise have.

It’s called the Challengers League, a baseball league for the mentally and physically challenged.

 

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