'I don’t know where we’d be without him' — After waiting his turn, Shaler senior catcher Joe Rispoli emerges as one of the WPIAL's best hitters - Pittsburgh Union Progress

'I don’t know where we’d be without him' — After waiting his turn, Shaler senior catcher Joe Rispoli emerges as one of the WPIAL's best hitters - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Joe Rispoli patiently waited for his opportunity his first couple of seasons playing on the Shaler baseball team, and he did so in an honorable way. “He didn’t get a lot of playing time his sophomore and junior years, but he never did any pouting, never any complaining,” Shaler coach Brian Junker said. “He never even asked me what he needed to do to get more time. He’d just show up and work. And in today’s day and age, you never see that. He’ll …