Combined players won five World Series titles

By ZACH SMITH,  LYNETTE HAALAND

It was Sept. 1, 2007. Clay Buchholz was making his second career start. Kevin Millar was entering the final few years of his big league career.

He finished with nine strikeouts, including sending Millar back to the dugout twice in the 10-0 win.

“It was a sick joke,” Millar said. “Our scoring report said he had a fastball, curveball and changeup. It didn’t say anything about him throwing to right-handers. Some organizations are good at scoring reports and some aren’t. The Orioles, at that time, stunk.”

Buchholz and Millar joined four other current and former professional baseball players at a question and answer session ahead of the Vandegrift Home Run Derby on Saturday morning. The baseball stars are also local residents.

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Three, local Young Men’s Service League chapters heard the presentation “When Sean Speaks” earlier this month about the dangers of drunk driving.

Sean Carter’s life was devastated in Wichita Falls, Tex., during the wee hours of March 27, 2005. He was a student at Midwestern State University majoring in business administration when he decided to take a ride in a truck driven by a college friend who was drunk. The truck spun and slammed into a tree and Sean suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and a traumatic brain injury.

Although he cannot talk and has only some mobility in his extremities, Sean continues to make progress. He suffers no obvious cognitive deficits. Sean has immediate rapport with everyone he meets. People are drawn to Sean’s radiant smile, his quick wit, and his power to communicate.

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Jason and Jaimie Davis with their two sons: Parker, a 4th grader at Laura Welch Bush Elementary, and Luke, 2nd grader. Parker has had diabetes for five years.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

The Davis family of Steiner Ranch has raised over $150,000 dollars toward diabetes research with the JDRF One Walk since their son Parker was diagnosed five years ago.

The family raises money as a team, named Team Parker, and in 2017 alone collected over $51,000 in donations. Theirs is the first family in Austin to have done so.

Jaimie and Jason Davis first noticed something was wrong with Parker just before he started kindergarten.

“For about a week, Parker was extremely moody, had excessive thirst and urination, and I mean super excessive! Then he started puking, which unfortunately occurred on a Saturday,” when doctors offices are closed, explained Jaimie.

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