By Ian Browne
March 8, 2021
Now 16 years old and just over a year away from graduating from high school, D’Angelo Ortiz inhabits the same kind of playground he’s been in since he could walk.
All of his life, from his earliest memories, he’s had one vocational goal -- and that’s to be a baseball player.
“Just a baseball player,” confirmed D’Angelo. “I’ve still got to get my work in, but, baseball player, that’s it. That’s all it is.”
It’s something that means everything to him.
Millions upon millions have had the same dream, but D’Angelo’s story is a little different.