A former batboy with autism has beaten the odds to rise to become a top pitcher for his high school baseball team. Anthony Solari, 18, a student at the Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, has been passionate about baseball since he was 7 years old. Talking to The Epoch Times, his mother, Andrea Solari, 51, said her son is proudly addressed as “Wild Thing” by his teammates for his iconic goggle-like glasses that remind them of Charlie Sheen’s signature sunglasses in the movie “Major League.” And this whole season, the famous Wild Thing theme song will be played whenever this budding star steps out on the game field. Andrea, a retired pediatric nurse from Brigantine, said that Anthony was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2, but she knew as early as when he was just 9 months old that “something was wrong” with him. “He was having …