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National News: Tigers Pitcher Reaches Out to Kids, Troops During Homecoming

November 18, 2009

Edwin Jackson returns home to Fort Benning, Ga., with his parents

Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson returned home to Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 7 to visit with troops and to put on a youth baseball clinic in his hometown. Jackson was born overseas in West Germany in 1983 where he grew up on a military base.

Jackson came back to Fort Benning with his parents and Tigers legend Willie Horton, who helped kids during the baseball clinic at the Child, Youth and School Services Sports Complex. The site has special meaning to Jackson because it was where he worked on his baseball and football skills as a child.

While at the base, Jackson also met with the troops stationed there. He took on the Fort Benning experience for the first time in a while as he even ate in the mess hall with basic trainees.

Jackson was 13-9 with a 3.62 ERA for the Tigers in 2009.

Photo from MLB.com

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