ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes spent the weekend playing wheelchair basketball with children from the Carrie Tingley Hospital. Carrie Tingley Foundation staff member Michael Chamberlain says he’s been playing wheelchair basketball for the past five years, and he’s not stopping anytime soon.
One local professional athlete said that attempting wheelchair basketball wasn’t easy. “It’s one of those things you kind of see online or on TV at the Special Olympics, and you’re like, ‘Hey, yeah.. wheelchair basketball, whatever,’ then you actually try to do it. Like, try to dribble while also trying to move the wheelchair, and you feel like you’re dumb. I mean, you’re a professional athlete, and you feel like you’re a second grader again. It’s a lot of fun! I mean, look at this guy! Are you kidding me?” says Isotopes outfielder Braiden Ward.
Orbit was also there to join in the fun.
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