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What happened to Parker Byrd? How ECU baseball player went from boating accident to historic plate appearance

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By Jeff Byrd, David Rotter, Edward Sutelan Verified, Parker Byrd at-bat
| Sporting News Canada Verified
Parker Byrd nearly died in a boating accident in 2022. He made his miraculous return to the diamond less than two years later. Byrd graduated high school in 2022, and coming out of Scotland High in Laurinburg, N.C. he was rated by Perfect Game as the No. 329 prospect in the 2022 high school class, 76th overall at shortstop. The East Carolina commit was viewed as a possible MLB draft prospect by the time his collegiate career was over. But during that summer, he sustained an accident while boating.
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