SVM Player of the Year: Rock Falls senior shortstop Brett Chappell
No minor feat: Chappell shakes off humbling beginning, catches childhood hero
Even a fastball to the bean couldn’t blur Brett Chappell’s vision.
As a pint-sized baseball fanatic, Brett wanted to be Robbie Minor. He spent hours watching the Rock Falls shortstop surround bad hops with ease and throw seed after seed across the diamond.
The summer before Robbie and the Rockets reached the Class A state tournament, Brett was rudely greeted by the game from which no one could pull him away.
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