Liberty Park Stadium in Sedalia is a park more than 70 years old and Ross Dey has spent years taking care of it.  Everything from watering the infield to striping the lines.

"He's out here everyday. Pretty much my whole family is out here everyday working on the field. It's something he can do to get away from life... Come out here and just have fun," says Jordan Dey, Sedalia Junior 3rd baseman

It's also Dey's sanctuary.  Three years ago doctors diagnosed him with Melanoma cancer.

"I never really said why me, That wasn't going to solve anything. I've had really good support from the community and my family," said Dey.

Surgery removed the Melanoma.  And for two years Coach Dey lived cancer free.  But earlier this year the cancer came back.

"I was like... Could I lose my dad to this? What was happening? We found out that it was in his brain and spine and he couldn't move at all at times. It was really hard on all of us." Jordan said

The news was hard on both his family and his team.  Coach Dey had radiation to shrink the tumors and missed most of the Smith-Cotton High School season.  But he did make an inspirational return in April when the team played at Hickman.

"It was rough seeing him and I think it kind of hit people as to what was really going on," says Dylan Mays, Sedalia senior 1st baseman.

"He came back and we all didn't know it and there he was sitting in the dugout and we won 3-1." Jordan said

And the wins keep coming.  With Dey back coaching the Sedalia Travelers Legion baseball team.  They've won 22 of their first 24 games.

"I do something just about everyday to make him mad... But it's good having him back. It's good." Mays said.

He's coached for half of his 44 years, 19 of them in Sedalia.  But now he admits he looks at the games through a diferent perspective.

"We're gonna lose ballgames. It's gonna happen, but I'm not going to get so upset that it's life or death... Cause it's not," Coach Dey says.

"I think that put everybody's eyes in perspective that they games not going to be here forever to play and that to play everygame like it could be your last," Mays says.  

While no day is guaranteed, Coach Dey guarantees that he'll continue to take his swings in the game of life.   

"You gotta win every inning. We talk about that all the time. You gotta win every inning... An inning for me is everyday. So you win everyday." Coach Dey says. 

"He can beat it. He beat it once and now he's got to beat it a second time." Jordan says.

Dey starts Chemo. pills next to attack the three tumors in his brain and the other one on his spine.  As for his prognosis, He says he doesn't know; because he doesn't ask the doctors.