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Everyone gets a chance to play: The Miracle League

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Gunner Bailey would go to school wearing his baseball uniform on Mondays if he could get away with it.

There's nothing that makes him smile quite like swinging his neon green bat and feeling it connect with a baseball. Gunner's baseball smile can bring a grin to your face and a tear to your eye at the same time.

On a recent warm Monday night, Gunner, 5, played second base for the Red Sox against the Dodgers. Gunner has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, but that didn’t prevent him from getting two base hits and scoring two runs.