Michael Pappace

Cooper... Out of Left Field Michael Pappace

It is baseball season... on paper, our team looked pretty good. But a few days after the draft, I received a call from Coach Sam."Hi Mike, I need to tell you something very important. No one knew this before the draft.""What is it, Sam?""Well... Cooper, our lefty player, has autism. Cooper is autistic!"When it comes to autism, an autistic person can be remarkably good at certain things while not so great at others. For Cooper, his differences made him stand out from his peers and he became a huge target of intense heckling from opponents and fans. But, with great support and self-determination, an autistic person can overcome the odds and be triumphant. On the baseball field, does Cooper have what it takes to overcome his greatest challenge yet?