>> HEAD DOWN.
YEAH.
REPORTER: WITH AS MUCH GREEN AS
MAGGIE SATTERTHWAITE WEARS, IT'S
LIKE EVERY DAY IS ST. PATRICK'S
DAY.
EITHER WAY, SHE HAS TO PINCH
HERSELF.
>> THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME
TRUE.
BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THIS TEAM,
AND WHEN I SLEEP AT NIGHT, I
JUST FEEL SO SPECIAL AND LOVED.
>> WE'RE DHING IN THE TWO HOLE.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
TWO HOLE FOR THE PITCHER.
REPORTER: FOR TWO YEARS NOW, THE
SENIOR AT MASON HAS WALKED OUT
THE LINEUP CARD TO THE UMPIRE AT
GAMES, BOTH HOME AND AWA
AND ALSO STANDS WITH THE COMETS
BASEBALL TEAM FOR THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM.
>> COME ON, LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> SHE'S BROUGHT SO MUCH TO THE
TEAM IN TERMS OF SOMEONE WHO
COMPLETELY SUPPORTS OUR BOYS,
SUPPORTS THEM IN VICTORY OR
DEFEAT, IS ENCOURAGING AND
GENUINELY JUST LOVES THE TEAM.
REPORTER: THIS IS HER SPOT AT
MASON, THE FRONT ROW.
AND THE JOURNEY ALL STARTED A
COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN MAGGIE
SENT THE PLAYERS TWEETS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT, SIMILAR TO THESE.
SUCH AS, "PROUD OF YOU TODAY,
NICK NORTHCUT" AND "CAN'T WAIT
FOR THIS WEEK, MASON BASEBALL.
I'M SO EXCITED."
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
I MEAN, SHE'S ALWAYS SUPPORTING
US.
YOU KNOW, BASEBALL IS UP AND
DOWN GAMES.
AND EVERY DAY IS A GRIND.
AND EVERY GAME, SHE ALWAYS TEXTS
US BEFORE "HAVE A GREAT GAME.
I'LL BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU."
REPORTER: COACH CURT BLY NOTICED
ALL OF THE MESSAGES, THE
SUPPORT, THE LOYALTY, AND
WANTING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN
RETURN, AND OFFICIALLY WELCOMED
HER ONTO THE TEAM BEFORE LAST
SEASON.
>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S
FORCED ON THEM, OR THAT THEY
HAVE TO BE A PART OF.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO
ADOPT MAGGIE AS PART OF THE
TEAM.
THEY GENUINELY LOVE HAVING HER
AROUND AND SEEK OUT
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WITH HER.
REPORTER: THEY'VE EMBRACED HER.
BEFORE SENIOR PROM, THE BOYS ON
THE TEAM BROUGHT HER FLOWERS ON
THE FIELD.
HER HAT PROCLAIMS THAT SHE'S THE
NUMBER ONE FAN, WITH A PARKING
SPOT TO GO WITH IT.
MAGGIE HAS TWO BROTHERS ALREADY,
NOT TO MENTION THE ADOPTED
BROTHERS WHO CAME TO HER
BIRTHDAY PARTY NOT LONG AGO.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY
COOL TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO HER
ALL THE TIME, JUST GET NEW
EXPERIENCES AND TALK TO NEW
PEOPLE.
AND I THINK SHE ENJOYS IT A LOT,
TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO US EVERY
DAY.
>> YOU GOT IT.
GOOD JOB.
REPORTER: SHE'S A BASEBALL
ENCYCLOPEDIA, A STATISTICAL
WHIZ.
>> SO THE CLEVELAND INDIANS
BALLPARK IS PROGRESSIVE FIELD,
AND THEIR MANAGER IS TERRY
FRANCONA.
THE METS IS CITI FIELD AND TERRY
COLLINS.
REPORTER: AND MAGGIE PLANS TO
ATTEND A VOCATIONAL PROGRAM NEXT
YEAR AND EVENTUALLY JOIN THE ONE
IN WHICH REDS BATBOY TEDDY
KREMER IS THRIVING.
>> IT MAKES ME SO HYPED AND JUST
EXCITED TO JUST BE A PART OF A
BASEBALL PROGRAM.
>> IT HAS BEEN THE MOST AMAZING
EXPERIENCE THAT WE COULD EVER
WISH FOR.
ALL SHE EVER WANTED WAS JUST TO
BE PART OF SOMETHING.
AND HER WHOLE LIFE, KIDS HAVEN'T
ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD HER.
REPORTER: MAGGIE SATTERTHWAITE
PLANS TO THROW OUT THE FIRST
PITCH ON SENIOR DAY FOR THE
COMETS.
A COUPLE OF FELLOW SENIORS ARE
GOING TO GO TO HER HOUSE THIS
WEEKEND TO WORK ON HER FORM A
FORM SHE'S ALREADY BEEN
PERFECTING, WHERE ELSE, BUT IN
THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA?
THE WIND-UP, THE WHOLE DEAL,
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
WITH THE VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM
IN MASON, ZACH WELLS, WLWT NEWS
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