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INSPIRING STEPS ON A FIELD
OF DREAMS.
A LITTLE BOY WHO WILL SOON BE
UNABLE TO WALK ROUNDS THE BASES
AND MAKES IT TO HOME PLATE.
HE SUFFERS FROM MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY.
KATE MERRILL HAS THE STORY
TONIGHT.
Reporter: PLAYING LEGOS IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
HIS BASEBALL GLOVE HAS NOT COME
OFF IN DAYS.
IT'S HARD TO GET LEGOS WITH
A GLOVE.
IT'S HARD TO PICK THEM UP.
I CAN'T STOP MYSELF FROM
WEARING IT.
ONCE WE GET OFF THIS, I WANT
YOU TO RUN.
THAT'S 9-YEAR-OLD LIAM
RUNNING THE BASES LIKE A
BASEBALL STAR.
HIS DAD CAPTURED IT ON HIS CELL
PHONE.
IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME TO
SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE
RUNNING AROUND THE BASES.
HE LOVES THE SOX AND
EVERYTHING BASEBALL.
YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.
THE RED SOX PRESIDENT
INVITED THE FAMILY TO RUN THE
BASES IN SUPPORT OF LIAM'S
FOUNDATION.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
THAT HE'S RUN THE BASES.
HIS HEALTH IS DETERIORATING AND
HIS DAD WANTED TO CAPTURE EVERY
MOMENT.
TO HAVE HIM RUN THE BASES
WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.
IMPORTANT TO HIS PARENTS AND
SUPER COOL TO LIAM.
IT WAS WALLY'S BIRTHDAY AND
I WAS ON THE BIG SCREEN.
CAN YOU RUN?
YEAH.
AN AMAZING AFTERNOON WHERE A
SPECIAL BOY FINALLY FELT LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE -- ONLY BETTER.
KATE MERRILL, WBZ NEWS.