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  • Roger Keeney prepares to hit a ball during a blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012.
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, practices batting during a blind baseball workout in Atlanta on July 13, 2013.
  • Roger Keeney, who took up blind baseball after losing his sight, pulls groceries from the refrigerator to prepare dinner for his family at his home in Athens, Ga. on April 9, 2012.
  • Sam Hogle listens to the beep of the ball as he fields a hit by a player during a blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012. Players use their sense of sound to make up for their lack of sight. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Garrick Scott takes a rest during a blind baseball practice in Atlanta on July 13, 2013. For the players, the game is about much more than physical activity. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness teaches them they can achieve what was once thought unachievable. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • A pitcher holds up the the ball which beeps before throwing to a batter in blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012. Players use their sense of sound to make up for their lack of sight. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Jimmie Burnette, left, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, reaches out to find teammate Richard Sexton to run through a drill in blind baseball practice in Atlanta on Sept. 22, 2012.
  • Tiawanna Burnette, center, stands in the living room with her husband, Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, at their home in Atlanta on May 27, 2012.
  • Sam Hogle, center, joins teammates in stretching under the instruction of manager Judy Byrd, background center, during blind baseball practice in Atlanta on Sept. 22, 2012. In the game of blind baseball, players use their sense of sound to make up for their lack of sight. For the players, the game is about much more than physical activity; It helps them cope with the challenges of being blind. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, reaches for the ball which beeps during a blind baseball workout in Atlanta on April 6, 2013. Players use their sense of sound to make up for their lack of sight. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, reaches the base after following its buzzing sound during a blind baseball workout in Atlanta.
  • Shirley Ann Jordan, right, watches her son Jimmie Burnette, left, play blind baseball for the first time since he lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012.
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, listens for the beep of the ball during a blind baseball practice in Atlanta on July 13, 2013. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness teaches them they can achieve what was once thought unachievable. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Richard Sexton, left, is guided by John Steven to the batter's box during a blind baseball practice in Atlanta on April 14, 2012. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness teaches them they can achieve what was once thought unachievable. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Scean Atkinson, right, is helped with his position over the batters box with help from teammate Ben Poplin, during a blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012. For the players, the game is about much more than physical activity. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness teaches them they can achieve what was thought unachievable. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Dee Butler, who began to lose her vision early in life, pauses in between stretches on the field before a blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012.
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, rides the subway while practicing taking public transportation by himself in Atlanta on June 20, 2012.
  • Jimmie Burnette, who took up blind baseball after losing his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, stands in his home in Atlanta on May 27, 2012.
  • Dee Butler, left, and Sam Hogle, take a moment to rest during blind baseball practice in Atlanta on Sept. 22, 2012.
  • Chico Owens listens for the buzz of the base as he adjusts to running in total darkness during a blind baseball practice in Atlanta on Sept. 22, 2012. Also called BEEP baseball, it's played with a ball that beeps and bases that buzz. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Dee Butler, who began to lose her vision early in life, sits on the team bus on the way home from a blind baseball game in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012.
  • Joseph Weaver, checks on his seeing eye dog, Moose, after a blind baseball practice in Atlanta on April 14, 2012. For the players, the game is about much more than physical activity. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness teaches them they can achieve what was once thought unachievable. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Scean Atkinson, works out with a heavy bag in the backyard of his home in preparation for an upcoming blind baseball game, in Conyers, Ga. on April 26, 2012.
  • Jimmie Burnette, who lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, gets into the passenger side of the car as his wife drives him to a doctor's appointment from their home in Atlanta on May 27, 2012.
  • Richard Sexton feels around for the bat during a blind baseball batting practice in Atlanta on April 14, 2012. For the players, the game is about much more than physical activity. Faced with their own personal challenges in their daily lives, hitting and catching a ball and running full speed in total darkness helps them cope with the challenges of being blind. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • Shirley Ann Jordan, right, hugs her son Jimmie Burnette, left, after watching him play blind baseball for the first time since he lost his vision to a brain tumor in 2010, in Albany, Ga. on May 5, 2012.
 

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