Klapisch: Thrown a curve, kindness is my buoy

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Chasing a Dream, Finding a Miracle
Published 8/25/2008 by John - YF at YFSF
... Bob Klapisch is a baseball writer for our local paper here in North Jersey, The Record.  He does some spots on ESPN radio, as well as some columns for ESPN.com.  He is also well known in the local amateur baseball circles as being a pretty decent pitcher.  As the story explains on July 10th while doing something he loves, pitching, Bob was hit in the eye with a batted ball.  I have been hard on Bob, both on this site and off, but after reading this story you have to appreciate the love this man has for the game.    ...

Monday Applesauce
Published 8/25/2008 by Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue
... amateur baseball for years, pitching for a number of local teams as well as the occasional press day game at Yankee Stadium. If you didn't know that, then you probably also didn't know that he was hit in the right eye by a batted ball back on July 10, suffering a sliced cornea, detached retina, and a ruptured eye socket, in addition to breaking most of his right facial bones. Doctors told him he would probably never see out of his right eye again, but after several surgeries he is beginning to see blurry images and is expected to regain "good" vision in the eye by New Year's. ...