Says Walker's high school coach: 'The people that know Christian and know where he's from are going to be torn.”
PHILADELPHIA — Up on the top shelf of Joe Mancini’s bookcase is a baseball that he has kept for more than 15 years. That ball came off the bat of early in his days at Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School. It was a grand slam, and Mancini, there to watch one of his oldest friends play, raced beyond the outfield wall to go fetch it. Advertisement Walker and Mancini, now in his mid-30s, drifted apart after high school. But, for Mancini at least, their bond still resonates.
Someone who everyone believed would get to the point where is today, given how much he put into his craft. He provided a memorable sign of his potential later in high school when he beat in a Home Run Derby. For as relaxed as Walker was among friends, he was equally intense and professional when it came to the game. It all was a quiet confidence. Derek Barnes, one of Walker’s oldest friends, remembered facing , and their East Cobb Astros travel ball team.
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