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Dr. John Bell on Family, Little League & the 20-Year Road to Williamsport

Dr. John Bell on Family, Little League & the 20-Year Road to Williamsport

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He applied for 13 straight years. He got rejected every single time. And then, out of 10,000 applicants, Dr. John Bell was one of 16 umpires selected to work the Little League World Series in Williamsport. In Part 1, Port Jervis superintendent and lifelong umpire John Bell talks about what it means to chase a dream the slow way — laying groundwork, climbing ladders, and never mailing it in — and why growing up in a town like Port Jervis gave him the toughness to keep going when it would have been easier to quit.

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