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Remember The Name

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One year ago, the week of 5 December, Greyson Waller played in his first ACL Open, which was also only the third ACL event he had ever played in. He took 2nd place in the Competitive Division in Singles. Not much was made of it except for in his inner circle. Fast forward a year, and he is on the cusp of national prominence. With recent victories over some of the biggest names in the sport, it appears that no person or event is too large for this young superstar. In the movie For Love of the Game, Billy Chapel is a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and is pitching the game of his life: a perfect game. Late in the game, the Yankees manager substitutes a batter to face Chapel, a young and strapping kid named Ken Strout who hadn’t spent much time in the big leagues. Strout was the 27th batter of the game. If he makes an out, he becomes the 27th out and Billy Chapel gets his perfect game. If he somehow gets on base, he ruins the perfect game. Either way, Strout was going to make history. Whil