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Santo, the Chicago Cubs third baseman and longtime broadcaster, was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Eberhardt, an infielder from Indianapolis, recently made his collegiate debut with Kentucky Wesleyan College.

When Santo entered professional baseball in , treatment and understanding of diabetes was still in the Dark Ages. His family is African-American, and American Diabetes Association statistics show the disease disproportionately affects the Black population.

Unlike Santo, Eberhardt never had to hide his condition. Eberhardt has been around baseball all his life. At age nine, Eberhardt joined the prestigious Pony Express baseball squad, under the vigilant eye of Richardson.

At Pike High School in Indianapolis, Eberhardt tried out for the baseball team and cracked the starting lineup as a junior in The Red Devils won just three games that season, as Johnny shuttled between third base, second, pitcher and catcher.

So Eberhardt put in extra effort during practice and in the batting cage. Johnny won team MVP honors, batting. By then, Eberhardt had accepted a baseball scholarship from Kentucky Wesleyan. Santo was voted into the Hall of Fame on Dec. He once stated that he was the only player to have his entire career with insulin-dependent diabetes. Eberhardt, who plans to major in business management, claims his studies have top priority. Tacoma Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana newsroom indyrecorder.

Sign in. Forgot your password? Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. Monday, October 25, Local News. During his most recent coaching stint, Bellak helped guide the Grizzlies to a overall record, four HCAC Tournament appearances, two HCAC tournament final appearances, and one regular season and conference tournament championships.

In two years, the Cougars posted a overall record and were nationally ranked during the and campaigns. He also spent one season as a student assistant for Webster University Mo. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. Additionally, his teams have accumulated three regular season conference championships, six conference tournament appearances, three conference tournament finals appearances and one national tournament appearance.

Outside of his collegiate coaching experience, Bellak has been an associate head coach for the Indianapolis Pony Express Travel Baseball Club since He also spent one year as the head coach of the Dubois County Bombers of the Prospect League, which is an elite wood bat summer league for collegiate players. Bellak has had the opportunity to work with multiple Division I athletes and Major League Baseball draft picks. He then played his final two collegiate seasons at Webster.