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"Baseball is just such an amazingly good distraction, for me personally. Being out in the dirt with those kids and helping them get better individually and come together as a team, just means the world to me,” said Marcus

“To give my son some normalcy and time with his friends after school, just going to hit baseballs, it’s helping him get better, and it’s an amazingly good distraction,” he continued.

And to help, there is now an effort to replace the gear that was lost, the Louisville Youth Baseball Association and the Monarch Little League organization are coming together.