Blind Little League Pitcher
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Posted: 11:33 AM May 23, 2010
Blind Little League Pitcher
A young man proves he wont let a disability stop his vision of the future.
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Pitching takes precision, patience and having a strong arm doesn't hurt. But being able to see may not be necessary. Just ask a young man from Keller,Texas.

He is overcoming his disability and achieving what some call, the unbelievable.

The kid's just amazing he'll pitch with pinpoint accuracy we don't know where it's coming from, it's just the will to play.

But this 12-year-old boy wasn't supposed to be able to ever play baseball - let alone pitch.

I'm blind in one eye, and my right eye is partially.

They told us when he was born we needed to come to grips that he would never ride a bike, or drive, or ride a skateboard, he would need a cane and a seeing eye dog, and we would be blessed if he didn't bump into the walls.

The only vision Brady does have is his peripheral vision in his right eye even that his vision instructor says is like looking thru a straw.

What's in that hole is extremely nearsighted so much that it can't be corrected.

Still this little leaguer isn't letting his disability strike him out of the game.

He's never let it drag him down.

I just keep telling myself I can do it.

Like his father,a former minor league player baseball is Brady's passion.

Brady it's in the blood.

He's been playing since he was just a toddler.

He picked up a baseball when he was two and started playing with it, and we haven't stopped since

And while doctors, coaches, and even Brady himself can't really explain how he strikes out player after player.

So how do you pitch? I just go up on the mound and throw it.

Baseball is his life.

I think if he really wants to someday he could be the first blind major league pitcher.

Either way, Brady says he's already hitting a home run.

It's a dream come true.