This is fulfilling a request for a guest named James who left a review on Snapshots for Matt Braddock and where he is now. Hopefully this explains a lot and where he is! Let me know if you guys have any other requests.

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"I'm Paige Browning with The Human Experience and tonight we are honoring deaf awareness month. We start our story tonight with deaf athletes includes an exclusive interview with Matthew Braddock from the Boston Red Sox among others."

From there the program started describing a brief history of the deaf in sports; Derrick Coleman, Matt Hamil, and Heidi Zimmer just to name a few. Matt watched the screen and read along with the captions. The interview was technically filmed a month or two ago, but now it was hitting the screens. Next to him Haley and his family grinned widely.

The captions told his story along with the others. Matt Braddock's story starts out in small town Connecticut commuting to the Stamford School of the Deaf since he was two. When he was seven his family moved to Stoneybrook, CT to be closer to the city. Footage from his days on the Krushers showed him hitting several homeruns to his college years.

"We sat down with Matt and his interpreter Sarah Williams to ask him about his budding career as an all-star athlete," said the interview, Isabel Jennings.

"So how did you get your start in baseball?" she asked as Sarah signed it back to him. It didn't really matter since he read the questions before hand. Sarah speaking for him as they had practiced.

"Kristy's Krushers. It was a team started by a local baby-sitter wanting those who were too young or scared of little league a chance to play. I was on the team and got to be a really good hitter. I learned a lot on the team; teamwork, how to face failure, and making good friends. Then I was able to play in high school and eventually college. Which got me recruited to where I am now. It was hard but you learn how to fight for what you believe in."

"And what kind of struggles did you have?"

"The usual, how do we communicate, what to do when you can't hear, and I got teased. I turned all of those feeling I had into strength to be a better ball player. Some of my favorite players are deaf like me and if they could play, I knew I could."

"And a lot of strength indeed. What would you say is your greatest accomplishment?"

"Definitely getting into the world series. We didn't advance very far but I'm proud that we did it. You need a great team to back you up and I'm lucky to have that. I'm also happy to have taught the entire team sign language."

"You really advocate for deaf awareness with part of your earning going to charities; how does that feel that you're making such an impact?"

"I really enjoy it and knowing I'm helping the community. I meet kids and even grown adults that tell me I'm their hero. It's a wonderful feeling. I know how that feels since I met Curtis Pride and he's a hero of mine."

"How's life for you now?"

"I'm doing pretty great actually. I got engaged to a very lovely woman just recently. The hearing aids I have helps me immensely. Once the season ends, I'm planning a trip back to Stoneybrook. Maybe say hi to Kristy."

"You're still fairly young but do you have plans for when you retire?"

"I'd love to go back to my old school and teach, of course after I do some traveling."

From there the screen cut to some of the other athletes that they had interviewed for the program, including gymnast that he met. Haley had high fived him and his parents hugged him. Next to him Sarah kissed his cheek as they continued to watch the program. Matt liked to think that he had it made.