La PORTE – In the movie, Major League, Pedro Cerrano kept a voodoo doll named Jobu in his locker that he used to bring him hitting luck.
Scott Upp hasn’t reached that point yet, but the La Porte coach is getting close with the state tournament looming and Slicers bats eerily silent.
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