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    ‘A big opportunity’: 12-year-old boy from Chicago prepares to compete at Baseball World Cup in Taiwan

    Paris Head admits he wasn’t very good when he started playing baseball at 5 years old for the Garfield Park Little League. But Head said he put in the work to get competitive. He practiced fielding and hitting with his little brother. He studied hours of training programs on YouTube. And he enjoyed watching his favorite professional teams — the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles — on ...
    by Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune Jul 21, 2023 3 minutes
    Paris Head, 12, launches a whiffle ball during a game with other kids during a block party on his Humboldt Park street on July 16, 2023, to celebrate his selection to the U.S. national baseball team headed to play in Taiwan this month.

    Paris Head admits he wasn’t very good when he started playing baseball at 5 years old for the Garfield Park Little League.

    But Head said he put in the work to get competitive. He practiced fielding and hitting with his little brother. He studied hours of training programs on YouTube. And he enjoyed watching his favorite professional teams — the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles — on television.

    Now, the 12-year-old Humboldt Park resident is preparing to compete later this month at the U-12 Baseball World Cup in

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