On This Date in Minnesota History: May 20

May 20, 1996 – In May 1996, David Stevens took two weeks off from his job as an ESPN assignment editor “to make baseball history”; the catcher-second baseman-outfielder, was invited to spring training with the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League

What made this invitation so unique was that Stevens was born without legs. His birth mother had taken thalidomide, a drug meant to prevent morning sickness that also caused birth defects. He played football and baseball in high school in Wickenburg, Ariz., and Augsburg College, in Minneapolis.

On this date, during the Saints’ first exhibition game of the year, Stevens played second base in the ninth inning.

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David Stevens
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