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Meet play-by-play man they told, 'No you can't'

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Baseball is tailor-made for inspiring stories. This one is fantastic. As reported by NBC Nightly News, the new Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer "is giving fans a new voice to root for in the broadcast booth."

Veteran voice Hawk Harrelson is cutting back his schedule,so Jason Benetti is at bat. The 32-year-old has cerebral palsy, and had to fight assumptions and being underestimated his whole life. 

Now he has the job he dreamed of as a kid. Oh, and he has a law degree. 

WATCH: "New White Sox Announcer With Cerebral Palsy Is Making MLB History"