Texas boy in wheelchair scores inspiring run

Baseball proved its inspirational power again this week. In the process, Mother’s Day came early in the heart of Texas.

Nothing makes a mother happier than seeing their child achieve a dream. For Gladys Alfaro, her son Christian’s dream of playing baseball was always an impossible one.

Alfaro, a senior at Mesquite Poteet High School in Grand Prairie, Texas, spent the last three years student managing the varsity baseball team from his wheelchair, which is what made his mad dash around the bases last week against Terrell High School all the more improbable, the total team effort to help him get there all the more inspiring.

Christian Alfaro scores

On the program’s Senior Night last week, head coach Jeff Johnson coordinated a “senior gift” for his loyal and beloved student manager. After coordinating with the opposing team, Johnson told Alfaro he would get the opportunity to pinch-run.

Johnson just wanted Alfaro to know what it felt like to be on base. With the help of his supportive community, Alfaro …

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