With thank you notes and team pictures, Edward E. French, Sr. (second from right) gathers for a picture with (from left) Jessycka French, 14; Damon Barefield, 13; Christopher French, 12; and Edward E. French, Jr., 13, at the Gary Metro Little League field in Gary, Ind. Wednesday December 19, 2012. The group, along with several others, are writing thank you notes to people who have donated after the field's concession stand was broken into. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Edward E. French, Sr. holds several of the thank you cards at the Gary Metro Little League field in Gary, Ind. Wednesday December 19, 2012. French and a group of kids are writing thank you cards to people who have donated in the wake of a break-in at the field's concession stand building. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Edward E. French, Sr., pesident of the Gary Metro Little League, is photographed at the field in Gary, Ind. Wednesday December 19, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Ed French remembers the phone call well. It was the Monday after the Gary Metro Little League president had driven his travel team of young ballplayers home from a tournament in Milwaukee this past summer. He was just getting off work at his job as …
