The young man uprooted from his idyllic Pennsylvania hometown certainly hit heights. And was certainly great, although may be if he didn't have the distraction of fire engines, drinking benders, crocodiles...he probably would have been Greater, given what he was able to achieve albeit the distraction.

This is a classic story , it is a mirror of the 'modern footballer', many of whom, despite being talented, never really come to fully fulfill their potential, due to 'other distraction'.

The likes of Mario Balloteli.....if you are a football fan, fall into this category.

And then big-ups to mogul Connie Mack, as his benefaction of the little boy gave the baseball world a talent to behold! His feat again shines light on the failings of the modern game, in which the talent pool is no longer as supported as in those early years.

The story is a nice read. Cheers.

But before i forget, have you noticed it is >300 words? It is actually about 441 words. According to @swissclive rules of this story300-wordstory listing, the story must be less than (<300) words. You might want to revise that while you can.
Thanks again.