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Bailey has all the tools to be a successful catcher

By Ryan Canner-O'Mealy
ESPN RISE Magazine

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Blake Barber was 9 years old when he realized his friend, Luke Bailey, was going to be something special. After breaking his left forearm on a ski trip, Bailey seemed certain to miss a game for the travel baseball team he played on with Barber and that their fathers coached. But Bailey wouldn't be kept out of the lineup. Despite having a hard cast on his arm, he dug into the batter's box -- hitting one-handed -- and promptly cracked a ball over the fence. "Here I am, swinging with everything I ...

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