By Gary Phillips, The Athletic Dennis Bairââ was once on the fast track, a 6-foot-5 pitching prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization, armed with a sinking mid-90s fastball and a power curve. An eighth-round pick in 1995 out of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, he...
By Emelia Hitchner, St. Augustine Record For the families of missing children, hope can be a fleeting emotion. Long after news stations have moved onto fresher stories and fliers have faded from weather and time, the sense of loss lingers. That was the case, at least, before one...
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By Max Marbut, Staff Writer, Jacksonville Financial News & Daily Record âIf I hadnât been injured, it wouldnât have happenedâ and âI decided it was my job to do.â Thatâs how Dennis Bair describes events leading to starting BairFind Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to reuniting missing children...
By Samantha Manning, ActionNewsJax.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â It started with the hit of a baseball and led to a vision that reached into the stands and crowds of fans. âI spent all of my time in baseball stadiums every night with thousands of people,â said Dennis Bair, founder...
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By Samantha Manning, CBS WJAX-TV / ActionNewsJax.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â The survivor of a kidnapping case that made national headlines traveled to Jacksonville Wednesday to meet with a local family of a missing boy. Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry were rescued in 2013 after being held in captivity...
By Derek Gilliam, Florida Times-Union Gina DeJesus lived for nine years with heavy chains locking her inside a Cleveland house of horrors where her captive repeatedly raped her and two other women. She hasnât let it break her, and Wednesday night the 25-year-old sent a message...
âShe (Nancy Ruiz, mother of Gina DeJesus) learned from a friend about the work of Dennis Bair, a former Minor League Baseball pitcher who had started BairFind, an organization dedicated to bringing home missing children. Bair had been featuring Ginaâs photo and description in one...
[cmsms_row data_padding_bottom="50" data_padding_top="0" data_bg_parallax_ratio="0.5" data_bg_size="cover" data_bg_attachment="scroll" data_bg_repeat="no-repeat" data_bg_position="top center" data_color="default" data_padding_right="3" data_padding_left="3" data_width="boxed"][cmsms_column data_width="1/1"][cmsms_text animation_delay="0"] The Bairfind Foundation promoted a special First Pitch Ceremony with the Jacksonville Suns on Sunday, August 2, 2015. We were joined by the family of missing boy Mark Degner to throw out the first pitch and help to...
