Beating the Odds: A Story About Cancer, Baseball & Hope

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by admin in News

For many athletes going out to the baseball diamond is almost a given, but for Alex Dinkel of the Midwest Bruins, it is a blessing he won’t ever take for granted.

Alex Dinkel is a long way from home. But he came to Kansas to do one thing and that was to play with the Midwest Bruins baseball team. He traveled the summer all over Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas with his teammates.

Getting back in shape and trying out for the Washburn Ichabods Baseball team was his goal. Alex is a left handed pitcher, 6’3” and 180lbs and growing. Alex entered college in August 2009, and walked on as a pitcher and made the Washburn University baseball team. Alex hopes to live and play each day better than the next.

The following is video interview about Alex’s courageous story that aired on July 27, 2009 by KSNT Channel 27 in Topeka, KS.