'We are bringing baseball back': A West Side police sergeant's plan to save kids, one game at a time
CHICAGO - It was the final inning and the game was tied.
"This is our last chance to win the game," coach Brandon Wilkerson told his team of 8-to-10-year-olds, clad in bright orange jerseys as they lined up to bat on a recent Saturday morning at Moore Park on the West Side.
One of the players walked slowly to the plate. He took a pair of pitches, a strike and a ball. On the third pitch, he swung a strong cut and popped the ball high into the air, way out of reach of any of the kids on the field. The ball thumped into the grass in left as he darted past first, second, third, then stomped on home plate.
As his teammates emptied the dugout and jumped around, a coach shouted: "Y'all won, but
