Seven summers later, baseball remains Mo’ne Davis’s calling

It was the bottom of the first, and 17 people were tuned in to the Facebook broadcast of the DC Grays, a college summer league team playing its season opener against the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts. With one out and the count 3-1, the voice of the most famous person on the grounds of the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy came confidently over the Internet.

“Get that hitter’s count,” Mo’ne Davis said, “get the pitch you want — and just drive it.” Read More