Steven Domalewski Steps Toward Recovery

What’s New: Steven Domalewski, disabled in a 2006 baseball accident, can now take steps around his Wayne home with help from his father. He no longer needs the medicine that stopped painful muscle spasms. And a pump, implanted to deliver muscle relaxant directly to his spinal cord six months after he was injured while pitching for the Wayne PAL may be removed this fall

Family of Boy Hit By Baseball Holds onto Hope

She wraps her arms around her son, gently raising the spindly 14-year-old boy off a couch to his feet. She hugs him and rubs his back, whispering “I love you” over and over.

Steven Domalewski moves his head to kiss his mother, but all he can manage are slurping sounds in front of her lips. His head flops onto her shoulder, spent from the effort.

New York City Council Approves Ban on Metal Bats

The New York City Council passed a bill today banning the use of metal bats in high school baseball games, securing enough votes to override a potential veto by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and setting up a possible legal challenge from the metal bat industry.

Council Moves Toward Ban on Metal High School Bats

New York City would become one of the first cities in the country to prohibit the use of metal bats in high school baseball games, under a bill that a City Council committee approved yesterday and that the full Council is considered all but certain to pass tomorrow.

Eight Months After a Life-Changing Injury, a Homecoming

The painters finished retouching the kitchen last week. An electrician was in the basement. The hospital bed arrived Monday and was placed in Steven Domalewski’s new room.