Pride makes Yankee go home (St. Augustine Mission School on the Winnebago reservation)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091219/NEWS01/712199871/0/LIVING09

Published Saturday December 19, 2009

WINNEBAGO, Neb. — Two little boys with major league dreams pulled off a rare feat Friday.

Aspen LaPointe, 11, and his brother D'Von, 9, each managed to get a hit off New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

Joba, former Nebraska All-American and now a World Series champion, made a surprise visit to the St. Augustine Mission School on the Winnebago reservation.

He passed out Christmas gifts, signed autographs and played a bit of Wiffle ball with the students.
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Chamberlain, 24, is an enrolled member of the Winnebago.

His father, Harlan, who accompanied his son, was reared on the northeast Nebraska reservation until developing polio in elementary school. He moved away to obtain medical treatment.

FULL story and photo at link.

[Suich]

1. Nice work, Joba!

:yourock: