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Tracey Ward cheered and applauded as she watched her son Alex run the bases Tuesday at New Era Park in Hamburg.
The 10-year-old Alden resident had just connected with the ball during a one-hour baseball skills and conditioning clinic at the indoor facility on Lake Avenue.
The occasion was Nickel City Baseball's first-ever clinic for children with high-functioning autism, or Asperger syndrome. Alex, who is autistic, was the first official player-in-training.
"All the way home, Alex!" instructor Charles Karstedt urged as the boy rounded third base. "That really was a home run. That was your farthest one yet."
