Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game
As part of its continuous U.S. tour, the nationally renowned Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team visited Louisville over Labor Day weekend to play three exhibition games.
The Wounded Warrior team is comprised of veterans and active-duty soldiers who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, but through modern prosthetic technology, are able to compete at high levels by wearing devices that allow them to hit, run, catch and throw. The Wounded Warriors only play against able-bodied teams and continue to uphold a winning record.
The Washington Nationals and Louisville Slugger, along with other major American corporations, sponsored the event held at Bellarmine University’s Knights Field and Louisville Slugger Field.
Photos by JAMES EATON | Contributing Photographer
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- Saul Bosquez hit the ball.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Thomas Carlo pushed for 1st base.
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- Joshua Wege crossed home plate to score another run for the Wounded Warriors.
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- Keith Kaiser reached for the ball as a Wounded Warrior safely crossed 1st base.
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- Kent Taylor swung at a high ball.
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- Adam Lefkoe hit the ball into deep center field.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Adam Lefkoe caught this ball in mid-air.
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- Kendrick Haskins covered Right Field.
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- Matt Kinsey waited for the pitch.
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- Saul Bosquez hit the ball.
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- The local media personalities chatted while waiting to bat.
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- Matt Kinsey made the throw to 1st base.
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- Terry Meiners gave Jason Anderson a pair of high fives.
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- Matias Ferreira covered the catcher position.
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- Landis Sims chatted with Nathaniel Lindsey.
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- Rick Bozich pitched the entire game.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Head Coach David Van Sleet gave some advice to the Warriors before they took to the field.
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- Kent Taylor safely slid into 3rd Base.
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- Joshua Wege pitched a few innings for the Wounded Warriors.
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- Kendrick Haskins gave Terry Meiners an arm bump after safely reaching 3rd base.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- The players congratulated each other after the game.
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- Matt Kinsey got down on one knee and with the assistance of a Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat, proposed to his girlfriend Christina Chase.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Kent Taylor showed off his battle wound from sliding into 3rd base.
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- The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team.
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- The Louisville Slugger in which Matt Kinsey used to propose to his girlfriend/ fiance’ Christina Chase.
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- Newly engaged couple Christina Chase and Matthew Kinsey.
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- Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Game.
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- Matias Ferreira and Hilbert Potter shared a common link between their injuries.
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