Army Vet Heading to Baseball Camp

Of the first dozen pitches Matt Ritenour saw, some were outside the strike zone, others nipped the corners, and a few were in the former Army Staff Sergeant’s wheelhouse.

Then the pitching machine zipped one high and tight, backing the Huntley resident away from the plate.

Like the other veterans in the batting cages at the Chicago White Sox and Bulls Training Academy in west suburban Lisle, Ritenour has experienced situations far more dangerous than a wayward fastball.
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