Wounded Warrior amputees’ softball team to play Bay Ridge charity game
Baseball Hall of Fame greats have got nothing on Josh Wege and his buddies!
Wege, a 24-year-old US Marine from Wisconsin, lost both of his legs while he was serving in the war in Afghanistan in 2009 when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. But that isn’t stopping him from being a great softball player. Wege is a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team and will play in a special exhibition game against the Bay Ridge All-Stars, a group of bar league players, on July 12.
“Every single one of us on the team was wounded in a war and lost limbs. We play softball to spread a message of hope and inspiration. We do it to show people that even when you face adversity, you can come back,” Wege told the Brooklyn Eagle.