White Sox scout creates ‘Miracles’ for kids

CHICAGO — Following the 2018 season, when John Tumminia will be 66 years of age, the longtime White Sox scout plans to retire.

A logical jump would be for Tumminia to move full time into Baseball Miracles, the labor of love and non-profit charitable endeavor he began about five years ago. But here’s the only problem with that logic: Tumminia already delivers a full-time commitment to Baseball Miracles while working for the White Sox.

“It’s an everyday, 24/7 thing, really,” Tumminia said. “We have a pretty dynamic, growing and progressive foundation right now.”

To pull from the holiday theme at this time of year, Tumminia is a thin version of Santa, and his gift to many is baseball. Through Baseball Miracles, 10 clinics have taken place around the world.

Tumminia proudly lists off some of the locales: Honduras, Kenya and two in South Africa, to name a few. A clinic in New Orleans has been scheduled for August 2017 after the non-waiver Trade Deadline — Tumminia figures to be busy with his scouting duties until then.

Argentina is on the docket for the first or second week of next November, with Ethiopia and the South Bronx penciled in for 2018. These clinics usually encompass three days, with the focus …

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