A miracle game follows the tragic death of former Lake Forest pitcher Zach Porter

Lake Forest High School’s Shep Graf points to the sky Wednesday in honor of former teammate Zach Porter, who died recently. Graf had just knocked in the winning run against Wauconda while wearing Porter’s No. 3 jersey. (Photo courtesy of Luke Cheng)

The choice almost always is limited to believing in miracles or not. To believing in an invisible hand at work or not. No gray area. But what about a third option, wanting to believe? There’s a door for that, if you’re open to it.

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