Double amputee Afghanistan veteran MVP All Star

Wounded Veteran earns MVP at All-Star Week celebrity softball game
Olympian Jennie Finch wins game for National League squad
USA Today
By TED BERG
July 14, 2013

NEW YORK — Though it featured a decided lack of true Taco Bell All-Star legends and celebrities — no “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” Chihuahua, no Club Chalupa, not even the woman who sang the Steak Burrito BellGrande song — the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity softball game did not lack for thrills. The National League team took home an 8-5 win on the strength of a strong pitching performance from Team USA softball pitcher Jennie Finch and home runs from Mike Piazza, Andre Dawson, and Josh Wege.

But the real, actual hero of the game was Wege, a Marine Corps Veteran who lost the lower halves of both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan. A member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, Wege ripped an inside pitch from Thomas over the wall in left field to earn co-MVP honors with comedian Kevin James.
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