What is the Miracle League?
The scoreboard looms in the outfield. The score is always tied. No one makes an error. No one cares who wins because everyone wins. This is pure love of the game by a special group of children. Many may be confined to wheelchairs, their arms and legs immobile by muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy. Others may be coping with Down Syndrome or autism. No matter, because for an hour or so each weekend they can feel like one of the players, not too much different from those players on the other surrounding fields. They will experience the thrill of putting on a uniform with the Braves or Yankees or whatever team is written across the front of their shirt. They will get to swing a bat, and "run" the bases, and at the end of the game they give mom and dad a hug.
The Miracle League provides baseball for all children with special needs. The field is constructed using a cushioned rubber surface with everything flat and level so there is nothing to trip over.
- Every Player bats once each inning
- All base runners are safe
- Every Player scores a run before the inning is over (last one gets a home run)
- Community children and volunteers serve as "buddies" to assist the players
- Each Team and each player wins every game
Vision
Enriching lives by providing recreation through the sport of baseball for disabled children and youth.
Mission
To maintain a charitable organization that provides children and youth with mental and/or physical challenges an opportunity to play baseball as a team member in an organized league...to give these players an opportunity to suit up in a uniform, to step up to the plate and enjoy the game of baseball in the purest form.
Values
To provide inspirational, recreational baseball for physically and/or mentally disadvantaged young people in the Blair County and surrounding areas without regard to age, race, gender, or physical or mental ability, we will act ethically, responsibly, fairly, and compassionately to improve and innovate. We will preserve human dignity and maintain the highest standards.
