Mickey Hoatson (left), Pierce Branting, Grady Belt have grown up together playing baseball. Photo provided
SHELBY — Once upon a time there were two families, the Belts and the Hoatsons, and two boys from each family were pretty good baseball players with excellent leadership skills.
One of the dads, Tony Belt, became those kids’ long-time coach, with the other dad, Jeff Hoatson, and Tony’s brother-in-law Jeff Kuhnel, helping grow a program called the Black Sox. As the kids became old...
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