Rick Wilber Learns About Baseball and Life From his Down Syndrome Son

     I recently had the chance to write an essay for the Los Angeles Times about my Down syndrome son, Richard Jr., and the baseball game we attended in August, in which Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen -almost- threw a perfect game. Had he done it, it would have been just the 24th perfecto in Major League Baseball History. Wow.

     Rasmussen didn't find perfection, but writing about it gave me the chance to talk about my son and our life together. Here's the link: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-10-03/a-father-a-son-and-an-almost-perfect-day-of-baseball