WEST BRADFORD TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — A youth baseball team from Pennsylvania finds itself disappointed after a tournament implemented the requirement that players 12 years old and older must receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Steven Kaminsky, 12, and his teammates have been preparing to go to the Cooperstown Dreams Park Baseball Tournament, which takes place in Cooperstown, New York, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In order to go, they say they’ve been practicing and fundraising for the last two years.
“We’ve been practicing so hard. We just can’t wait for it, and we’ve been talking about it for a long time. It’s like a dream,” said Steven.
They say they were incredibly disappointed when the tournament suddenly released a new requirement last Tuesday. A press release stated, “All participants, coaches and campers 12 years and older must be immunized. Immunization requirements: COVID-19.”
“To me, it’s crazy that they didn’t just settle for negative tests,” said …