IDAHO FALLS – Nate Rose has been playing baseball since age 5.

Now 22, he can look back at the good times when he and his Idaho Falls Bandits teammates celebrated a historic American Legion World Series title.

That was 2021.

There was a huge trophy. There was a colorful and boisterous parade downtown as the city celebrated the team’s success on the national stage.

The team’s win was front page news in the local paper.

But not everyone saw what it took to get there.

For Rose, those memories will last a lifetime, but so will the memory of those days when he didn’t feel like he could play. There were the days of constant cramping, aches and pain.

Diagnosed in 2018 with kidney disease, Rose pushed through the tough times with his love of baseball.

“There were a few times at regionals i

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