Deaf icon Curtis Pride bringing big-league game to Gallaudet

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WASHINGTON — Concerned he'd lost passion for school and feeling a need to work with his hands, Danny Gabel left Gallaudet University in 1999 to become a carpenter and figured he'd never return to the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf.

But a decade later, Gabel reconsidered, thanks to the only man who could change his mind.

When Gallaudet hired Curtis Pride to coach its baseball team, the move served two purposes: It gave a woebegone Division III program credibility by snagging an 11-year major leaguer to lead it. And it gave deaf athletes nationwide a chance to play for an iconic figure in their community.

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