Several years ago, a group of Palisadian dads formed a softball team called the Misfits. In their first two seasons, they were overmatched by much younger teams in the Santa Monica League. But the Misfits began to improve and two weeks ago they won their second consecutive league championship. And when one of the Misfit players, Bruce Springstead, was injured and treated by a UCLA plastic surgeon, the rest of the team contributed over $1,000 to a not-for-profit organization called the Facing Forward Foundation, which helps UCLA surgeons provide corrective surgery to underprivileged children born with facial deformities. ‘We wanted to give back, as a team,’ Misfits coach Dan Allen said. Other team members are Brendan Allen, Rick McGeagh, Rick Wahlgren, Wink Winkenhower, John Closson, Mike Gard, Bill Gibbons, Sean Heyman, Sam Lagana, Chuck Trout, Charlie Noneman, Tom Whitesell and Bobby Robinson.
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