{"id":206419,"date":"2019-07-18T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206419"},"modified":"2019-07-18T00:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T05:48:40","slug":"student-cerebral-palsy-job-minor-league-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/student-cerebral-palsy-job-minor-league-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Student with cerebral palsy lands first job with minor league baseball team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A teenager with cerebral palsy is living the dream after getting his first job with a local baseball team. The Carolina Mudcats, the minor league farm team for the Milwaukee Brewers, hired Micah Capps to be their bat boy in the dugout, giving Capps the ultimate summer job.<\/p>\n

Micah’s parents told him he needed to work while he was out of school, and he knew exactly where to look. “I’ve been to games and knew that there was an opportunity,” Capps said in an interview with WTVD<\/a>. “It’s a good first opportunity for me.” And as someone who not only loves baseball, but plays it himself, it was the perfect job. “I play for the miracle league,” he said. “I have since 2007.”<\/p>\n

When his father, Benjy, found out the Mudcats were having a job fair, he started looking to see if there was anything Micah could do — and the team welcomed him with open arms. “Joe Kremer came to me — it was my first day here and he mentioned it,” Mudcats manager, Joe Ayrault, said to WTVD. “It was my first day here and I said ‘heck yeah, it would be a great idea.'” And the team has made the job special for Micah.<\/p>\n

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“After his first game they gave him a signed baseball and the lineup card,” Benjy said. “Micah’s first win as bat boy — all autographs — so it’s very unique and special for an organization to do that.” The team also made accommodations for Micah, who is left-side dominant, including using an umpire bag on his hip so he can carry more balls at one time. “I have to load up with balls and how many balls the umpire says is how many I take out to him,” Micah said. “It makes me feel like I’m part of the team.”<\/p>\n