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6:48 am, Feb. 12, 2021
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Chris Mathews, a blind Rochester resident, and avid baseball fan, works through the motions of throwing a ball while fulfilling his dream to learn to pitch on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at Rochester Batting Cages near Pine Island. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
It's an itch common to baseball fans.
The feeling begins about now, when pitchers are preparing to report to spring training, and the days begin to eke out extra lengths of daylight. Even in winter's deep freeze, you can feel it: The national pastime is around the corner.
And Chris Mathews, a newly arrived Rochester transplant and avid baseball fan, was feeling it.