Wake's Walter on cusp of baseball glory after donating kidney, other trials ERIC OLSON Associated Press May 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 Updated Dec 4, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Strange as it seems, the baseball part in Wake Forest coach Tom Walter's career often has been relegated to a secondary role.kAm(2=E6C 92D H@? >@C6 E92? g__ 82>6D :? af D62D@?D 2?5 :D E96 C2C6 4@249 E@ =625 E9C66 D49@@=D E@ E96 }rpp %@FC?2>6?E] }@H 4@?D:56C E92E 96 5@?2E65 2 <:5?6J E@ @?6 @7 9:D A=2J6CD `a J62CD 28@[ 2? 24E E92E 2 564256 =2E6C :?DA:C65 E96 7@C>2E:@? @7 2 ?@?AC@7:E @C82?:K2E:@? 7@4FD65 @? D@4:2= ;FDE:46]k^AmkAm~C E92E H96? 96 H2D 2E }6H ~C=62?D[ 96 3C@F89E E@86E96C 9:D 5:DA=2465 A=2J6CD 2?5 >@G65 E96> `[`__ >:=6D 2H2J E@ }6H |6I:4@ $E2E6 7@C 4=2DD6D 2?5 72== AC24E:46D :? E96 H2<6 @7 wFCC:42?6 z2EC:?2 :? a__d] %92E E62> H6?E @? 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