As the Baseball season draws to a close, let's remember that: "It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game."

The following true story involving my son illustrates the power of human concern - even in the face of intense competition. My son Shaya attends the Chush School for learning-disabled children in Brooklyn, New York. Some children remain in Chush for their entire schooling, while others can be mainstreamed into conventional schools. Some children who attend Chush during the week go to a regular Hebrew school on Sundays.

Sometimes I wonder: Everything that G-d does is perfect. Where is the perfection in my son Shaya? My son cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is G-d's perfection?

As I witnessed this story I realized, that with a child like this, the perfection G-d seeks is in the way people respond to his situation.

One Sunday, as Shaya and I arrived at the yeshiva, the boys were playing baseball. The game was in progress and as we made our way towards the field, Shaya turned to me and asked, "Do you think you could get me into the game?"

Shaya is far from athletic, and most boys would not want him on their team. But I knew that if he was taken in, it would give him a great sense of belonging. I approached a boy in the field and asked, "Do you think Shaya could get into the game?"

The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We're now losing by six runs and the game is already in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to get him up to bat in the ninth inning."

Shaya smiled broadly. Shaya was given a glove and sent out to play short center field.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team scored again - now with two outs and the bases loaded and the potential winning runs on base, Shaya was scheduled to be up. Would the team really let Shaya bat at this point and give up their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shaya was told to take a bat and try to get a hit. Everyone knew it was impossible, for Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it.

However as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least make contact.

The first pitch came in and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shaya.

As the next pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate swung the bat and together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended the game.

Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far and wide beyond the first baseman's reach. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first! Shaya, run to first!" Never in his life had Shaya run to first.

He scampered down the baseline wide eyed and startled. By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But the rightfielder understood the pitcher's intention, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head, as everyone yelled, "Shaya, run to second! Shaya, run to second."

Shaya ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases toward home. As Shaya reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran towards him, turned him towards the direction of third base and shouted, "Shaya, run to third!"

As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Shaya, run home! Shaya, run home!"

Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their shoulders and declared him the hero, as he had just hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team.

That day those 18 boys reached perfection. They showed that it is not only those with talent who should be recognized, but also those with less talent. They too are human beings, they too have feelings and emotions, they too are people, they, too must be made to feel important.