May 15, 2009

Baseball pitcher’s home is an Assisted Living Center

Josh Faiola is a pitcher with the Lake Erie Crushers baseball team.

When he walks out on the field on opening day, he'll already have a large group of fans in the stands -- his new roommates at the Belvedere of Westlake assisted living center.

Like other players in the independent Frontier League, Faiola doesn’t make the ‘big bucks’ of his major league counterparts.

He occupies a large suite in the center, with his own kitchenette, washer and dryer, furniture and a TV.

The 25-year-old pitcher rubs shoulders with folks three times his age.

One resident said, “it's been quite exciting because he's young and new and interesting and we're old.”

His teammates tease him by asking if he is required to go to bed early.

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