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    Refuge on the field: A migrant boy finds home in baseball

    by Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune Apr 11, 2024 4 minutes
    Farragut Career Academy sophomore Yoel Guerra, 16, from Venezuela adjusts his glasses after scoring a run during a game against Mather High School in La Villita Park on Friday, March 29, 2024, in Chicago.

    CHICAGO -- Between batters with no music playing, Yoel Guerra danced, swinging his hips in the infield between the bases. But as his opponent stepped up to bat, he crouched down, ready to field the ball.

    The 16-year-old from the northern state of Aragua, Venezuela, has played baseball since he was 4. He’s been in Chicago for over a year now, and he said he derives the most joy from the field.

    Guerra, who plays second base for the Farragut Career Academy Admirals in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, scored two of the three runs — including one where he stole home — in the

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