Volpe presents Warrick family with group sportsmanship award
Umpire Joe Volpe began presenting a pair of sportsmanship awards in 2021, choosing one player in the Fayette County Baseball League and one in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League.
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This year for the Fayette County Baseball League award, Volpe did something a bit different.
Rather than give the award to an individual, Volpe presented it to an entire Mill Run family.
The honor went to John 无毛视频淏ull无毛视频� Warrick, his wife April and sons Cade and Luke.
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Volpe presented the award before Mill Run无毛视频檚 home game with Charleroi on July 14.
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无毛视频淚 had both teams line up on the first and third base lines and I went out there and explained why I did it. If anybody was deserving of such a group honor, I thought they were.
Paul was a family man, too. He had three boys and he always liked it up there at Mill Run.无毛视频�
Volpe said he got positive feedback on giving out a family award.
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无毛视频淣o matter if they无毛视频檙e winning or losing, you无毛视频檒l rarely hear any cussing or complaining from Mill Run. They无毛视频檙e a class act no matter what the outcome of the game.无毛视频�
The award was the creation of Volpe, who is in his 37th year of umpiring.
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