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In 2008, the surviving members of the Crenshaw Post 715 North american Legion team gathered in Sedona, Az, to honor the memory of Billy Consolo. Stories of their fallen teammate exposed a door to cherished memories of the time spent along in child years, learning the game of life through the game of baseball. With no men and women to supervise them in the playgrounds and sandlots, Carl Paul Maggio and his friends grew to comprehend the concepts of fair play. As teens, they thrived under the eccentric information of Benny Lefebvre, a light but fiercely motivated coach who changed the untamed young boys, including future Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson, into a music group of skillful, resourceful ballplayers. So when they competed with more than 16,000 teams for the 1951 North american Legion World Football Championship, they learned the greatest prize of most: an eternity of enduring friendships. Swinging for the Fences will move you to an easier place and time in our country's background, when kids were permitted to be kids, and football was a casino game of integrity and convenience.
