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5-year-old hits major league heat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6HwEJLSKs&feature=related

Luis Antigua snuck a peek at his four little boys through a neighbor's fence, listening to their voices carry from the back yard. They've shattered nine windows playing baseball in this tiny plot of packed dirt tucked away in a gritty Jersey City neighborhood. But this still is the family's field of dreams.
This is where Luis and Jessica Antigua's third son, Ariel, has become a YouTube legend before he's entered kindergarten. This is where the 5-year-old learned to hit 85-mph fastballs and to slickly field ground balls. A video of Ariel consistently hitting major league-caliber fastballs at a Lyndhurst indoor baseball facility has made him an instant celebrity, going viral with nearly 255,000 hits."Jimmy Kimmel Live,'' Sports Illustrated and "Inside Edition'' have begun chasing the boy for interviews. "They've never seen anything like that," said Luis Antigua. "Everywhere we go, people have to stop and look. People just walking by. People who don't know anything about baseball. It's everywhere we go."
Ariel is a miracle child, but not because he can hit from both sides of the plate when other kids his age struggle with training wheels. A doctor told the Antiguas when Ariel was in the womb that he likely would be born with Down Syndrome or paralysis after an amniocentesis, his parents said. The doctor raised the possibility of an abortion. "The baby was about 5 months and almost here," Luis said. "We talked about it and decided we would deal with it, no matter what happened."
There was no paralysis. No Down Syndrome. The Antiguas found themselves with a normal little boy who can't sit still, is bashful with strangers — despite his vehement head shakes in denial — and is precocious with his brothers. He is a pre-K student at Public School 17 and a Mets' fan like his dad.****


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