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Parker Byrd, making history as the first NCAA Division I baseball player to compete with a prosthetic leg, proving the season’s greatest wins aren’t always on the scoreboard.   By Rick Bontkowski  As fall rolls in, the crack of the bat grows rarer, stadium lights dim earlier, and another baseball season heads toward its close. It’s a time when players reflect on the year behind them, what they’ve overcome, what they’ve achieved,

Strength isn’t just about muscle, it’s about mindset. Cam Ayala is proof of that.  By Rick Bontkowski Cam Ayala first captured public attention as a contestant on The Bachelorette, but his real story goes far beyond reality TV. Diagnosed with primary lymphedema at age 11, Cam endured years of medical complications, multiple surgeries, and ultimately, the amputation of his right leg.  But rather than letting this define him, he found a