Mets play wheelchair wiffleball

January 30, 2007

[Tom Glavine pitches from a wheelchair]

New York Mets Tom Glavine, John Maine, and Julio Franco spent nearly two hours playing wheelchair wiffleball yesterday against disabled students at the Henry Viscardi School in Albertson, NY. The Mets trio played the game sitting in wheelchairs and lost, 4-0.

After the game, the players answered questions from the children and signed autographs. The Henry Viscardi School consists of nearly 200 physically disabled or medically fragile children in Pre-K through 12th grade.

Glavine described the experience as humbling, uplifting, and inspiring.

For more, visit Mets.com.

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One Response to “Mets play wheelchair wiffleball”

breens2 said:

March 5th, 2007 at 6:15 am

Notice, Glavine isn’t using an ‘official’ Wiffle Ball, but it’s close. He’s using a blue ball with the holes cut uniformly throughout it. At the mets.com link above, he is also seen using an orange ball — another Mets color.