One Armed Baseball Player truly an inspiration
From the Desk of the Editor 12 / 10 / 2011, 08:07
This is a short account of Toby Jordan, who plays baseball with one arm. If he can do it with one arm, then you can do anything. Sometimes, we take for granted what we have now and make excuses of what we cannot do.
Eleven-year-old Hutto Middle School sixth grader Toby Jordan (T.J.) Andrews has become an inspiration to many, since losing his left hand in an April 1 accident. An avid baseball player and fan, he is now playing for coach Stacy Stricklands Bainbridge Bearcats travel ball team.
Former Bainbridge High School Bearcats and Valdosta State University Blazers pitcher Jeremy Coram devised a string to place on T.J.s glove, to keep it steady while he transfers his right hand to it after throwing the pitch. When batting, he uses a prosthetic glove on his left hand. Coram devised the string after watching the movie Soul Surfer, which was about a girl who lost her arm in a shark attack. She tied a string to the surf board to keep it steady.
T.J. threw out the ceremonial first pitches at a city of Bainbridge Invitational Tournament in his honor and a Bainbridge High School Bearcats invitational Tournament. His travel team coach Stacy Strickland and long time Bainbridge Leisure Services Department director Al Kelley agree that if all the players worked as hard as T.J., Bainbridge would have many outstanding athletes. T.J.s doctor at Tampa General was also on staff at Tampas Shriners Crippled Childrens Hospital, and T.J. has been asked to be the ambassador for Shriners Hospitals.
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