David Price donated $300000 to baseball facility for disabled children – CBSSports.com

Red Sox starting pitcher David Price has long had a reputation as one of baseball’s good guys and here’s another reason. On Thursday, he donated $300,000 to Miracle Field in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The extra-special part here is the field will be equipped to aid children with disabilities.

Some details on the facility, via The Tennessean (which has the full story for those interested):

The Miracle Field will include lights, scoreboard, covered bleachers and dugouts, a concession building, bathrooms with showers and a “boundless playground” with a rubberized surface that children with and without disabilities can share, according to an event video. The video displayed on a gym curtain included Price’s father, Bonnie, talking about raising the money to complete the project.

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The project also will offer a regular ball field with synthetic turf that disabled athletes also can use, such as for Special Olympics, said Brad Luther, who attended the event with his wife, Kim. He founded four years ago with the help of his wife the Diamond League for special-needs players, such as their son, Joseph, at Barfield Crescent Park.

Price, 30, went to Blackman High School in Murfreesboro before going on to Vanderbilt, from which he’d be the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2007 by the Rays. He’s since made tons of money playing baseball, yet he hasn’t forgotten his roots. Exceptional work here by Mr. Price, one of the real good guys in baseball.

Hat-tip: Hardball Talk