[AMP-L] Military Amputees Inspire Through Softball

[Wayne Renardson]

via San Fancisco Chronicle: 

Plant City, Fla. (AP) --

When a roadside bomb in Afghanistan shredded Marine Lance Cpl. Josh 
Wege's legs in 2009, the former high school baseball star wondered if 
he would even survive - let alone walk, run or play ball again.

But on a recent Saturday afternoon, a crowd at a Tampa-area stadium 
watched him drill a pitch from former U.S. Olympic softballer Jennie 
Finch over an outfielder's head and use his high-tech prosthetic legs 
to run out a triple - finishing with a belly-flop slide into third 
base. His Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team crushed an all-star 
squad that included former pro and college players 23-8.

The rest of the story, with numerous photos, here: 

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Wayne R.