David Price gives $300K for special-needs ballpark in his hometown

Kyle Ringo

Before he became one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball, a multimillionaire and a Cy Young Award winner, David Price was a young man with big dreams growing up in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He returned to that community Thursday to give a little back.

Pitcher David Price is preparing for his first season with the Boston Red Sox.
Pitcher David Price is preparing for his first season with the Boston Red Sox.

Price donated $300,000 to help build a Miracle Field at McKnight Park on the north side of the city to give children with special needs a place to play baseball. There are actually two fields planned for the project as well as a playground with a rubberized surface. Price used to play some of his games at McKnight Park when he was a kid.

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The Miracle Field can be used by people in wheelchairs and will feature lights, covered seating and dugouts as well as a concession building with bathrooms and showers and a scoreboard.

“One day of a couple of hours of baseball doesn’t raise a lot of eyebrows for myself or a lot of other people, but for these kids it’s something they look forward to every day of the week leading up till Saturday,” Price told The Tennessean. “Just to be a part of that and help put one here in our hometown is very special.”

It's been a whirlwind year for Price who started last season with the Detroit Tigers and was traded to Toronto, where he helped the Blue Jays reach the American League Championship Series. He has since signed as a free agent with Boston for $217 million over seven years.

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Price said he first became involved with The Miracle League in 2012 when he was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. Get a better idea of what a Miracle Field looks like here. Getting back to his roots and doing something so beneficial for a community close to his heart probably felt great for Price, who will begin his first season with the Red Sox later this month when he reports for spring training.

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