ORLANDO, FL -- A baseball game can change with one swing of the bat. 

Bobby Spitulski works everyday to perfect that swing. 

“When I come in here each day I tell myself it’s an opportunity to get better," Bobby said at a hitting session last week. "I got to attack the day and have the right mind set.”

There's laser focus at the gym and in the cage for the former Bishop Moore star. Heading into his third year at Troy University, Bobby recognizes the journey to this point. 

“I just remind myself of how far I’ve come," Bobby said. "Right now this is the easy part. “I say to myself I already got through the hard stuff.” 

He's learned to swing for the fences after the game and life changed completely. While traveling home from a family vacation in January 2018, Bobby and his family were invovled in a devastating 12-car pileup in South Carolina. 

Bobby was ejected from the truck and suffered severe brain trauma. He was immediately rushed to an area hospital where he faced a critical 72-hour fight for survival. 

"I try not to think about it too much anymore," Bobby said. "I was just so focused on getting back and playing baseball again." 

Bobby pushed through the critical stretch. A week after the accident, he was up on his feet determined to return to the diamond. 

"I knew he was a fighter. I knew he was going to get through it," said high school and college teammate Rigsby Mosley. "He said he's going to come back. I was like I know you are." 

As soon as he was on his feet, Bobby was back in the gym at BodyTech Performance in Oviedo doing his rehab with personal coach CJ Gonsalves. 

“It’s a process," Gonsalves said. "Biggest thing for him was getting comfortable again. Get him moving, get him marching, get him walking, getting shuffling.”

Bobby initially weighed 170 lbs after the accident. Since then he's put on 33lbs of muscle. His speed, strength and agility have dramatically increased over time. 

“He’s always been driven to come back to the field. That’s been his number one thing. That’s made my job easier.”

Eighteen months after the accident, Bobby is now fully cleared to play this fall at Troy. Currenlty he's playing for the Seminole County Scorpions in the Florida Collegiate Summer League. 

“It’s really cool to see him pushing through everything and defying the odds," Mosley said of his teammate. "He’s going against the grain and doing everything he can.”

All those swings have paid off. Bobby Spitulski has changed the game again. 

"I'm telling everyone I'm coming back next year," Bobby said. "I plan on making this one of the greatest comebacks ever."