Nate Rosser isn91裸聊视频檛 just playing for the Vancouver Coastal (Zone 5) baseball team at the Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games.

He91裸聊视频檚 also playing for the memory of his best friend, Kyle Losse, who died in January at the age of 14.

Rosser and Losse were best friends off the field and frequent teammates on it. 91裸聊视频� Rosser91裸聊视频檚 15th birthday 91裸聊视频� two days after suffering an unexpected stroke.

91裸聊视频淚 try to dedicate everything I do in baseball to him,91裸聊视频� Rosser said, shortly after his Vancouver-Coastal team was edged by Vancouver Island-Central Coast in a round-robin game at Duncan91裸聊视频檚 Evans Park.

The boys first met when Rosser was in his second year of mosquito ball and Losse was in his first year. They played on opposing teams that season.

91裸聊视频淭he first time I met him, I hit him in the back with a pitch,91裸聊视频� Rosser recalled. 91裸聊视频淩ight between the numbers.91裸聊视频�

It turned out the boys attended the same school, although they were a grade apart. Later that same season, they found each other on the same Tsawwassen peewee AA rep team, which their fathers coached.

91裸聊视频淲e started to become very good friends. We would joke around together because we were two of the best players on the team. Our best memories were probably on that field,91裸聊视频� Rosser said, gesturing to the nearby mosquito diamond at Evans Park. 91裸聊视频淧laying in Duncan at provincials.91裸聊视频�

Rosser moved up to peewee the following year, while Losse continued to play mosquito, although it wasn91裸聊视频檛 unusual for Losse to get called up to the peewee squad. When Rosser was in his second year of peewee and Losse was in his first year, Losse tried out for the AAA rep team, and made it, no small feat for a first-year player.

That year, Losse also moved to a new house about a two-minute walk from Rosser91裸聊视频檚. The boys carpooled, hung out after games and had sleepovers on nights before they played.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檇 tell our parents we went to bed at midnight when it was really 2 or 3 a.m,91裸聊视频� Rosser said. 91裸聊视频淭hat was when we became very close friends. He started to become a very good ball player.91裸聊视频�

Rosser moved up to bantam the following year, while Losse remained in peewee, where he dominated the league.

91裸聊视频淗e demolished the stats,91裸聊视频� Rosser said. 91裸聊视频淚 think he hit 18 home runs. He was definitely one of the best players on any ballfield he played on.91裸聊视频�

They were waiting this year to see what level Losse played when Losse died. Rosser is certain they would have been playing together at the BC Summer Games.

91裸聊视频淗e would be on this team,91裸聊视频� Rosser said.

Rosser was visiting Jamaica with his family in January when he got word, on his birthday, that Losse was on life support. Losse died later that day, at 2:22 p.m. A coroner91裸聊视频檚 report recently revealed that he suffered a stroke, most likely caused by fibromuscular dysplasia, a disease of the blood vessels that causes abnormal growth within the wall of an artery.

91裸聊视频淓verything stopped working,91裸聊视频� Rosser said. 91裸聊视频淚t just happened.91裸聊视频�

That night, Rosser designed a glove in Losse91裸聊视频檚 memory, one that he still wears to pitch, complete with Losse91裸聊视频檚 No. 14, and the dates of his birth and death. When Losse died, baseball cards were printed with his photo on the front and the stats from his last year of peewee on the back. Rosser still keeps one of those cards on him.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 beat up because it91裸聊视频檚 always in my pocket,91裸聊视频� he said.

Losse91裸聊视频檚 parents also gave Rosser their son91裸聊视频檚 bat, which Rosser brought to the Cowichan Valley.

91裸聊视频淭he bat is two inches smaller that what I use,91裸聊视频� Rosser noted. 91裸聊视频淚 always gave him a hard time for using a shorter bat, but he was always crushing righties with it.91裸聊视频�

Rosser called his Summer Games experience 91裸聊视频済reat, amazing,91裸聊视频� but still wishes Losse could be there as well.

91裸聊视频淚 always think he91裸聊视频檇 be having such a good time here,91裸聊视频� Rosser said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a good atmosphere; everyone is having a good time. It91裸聊视频檚 nice to meet new players. I91裸聊视频檝e never played with any of the other guys before. It91裸聊视频檚 a good team; they91裸聊视频檙e good guys.91裸聊视频�

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