Kids get into swing of Play Ball with Crew

MILWAUKEE — Brewers first baseman Chris Carter was talking about his own early memories of baseball when a student at Milwaukee’s Brown Street Academy swung by for an unannounced hug.

“I went to his game,” she pointed out. “I saw him hit three home runs against the Angels.”

Technically, Carter only hit two home runs on May 3, though both were important in a 5-4 victory over Los Angeles at Miller Park.

“It’s a cool feeling when kids recognize you like that and are paying attention to the games that we play,” Carter said. “It’s pretty awesome.”

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Carter was one of three Brewers players on hand Friday afternoon, serving as batting-practice instructors to small groups of elementary school students. The kids had new tools to work with — the appearance was part of the Play Ball Weekend initiative in all Major League cities, which included the donation of a plastic bat and ball to every Milwaukee Public School child between kindergarten and second grade.

More than 20,000 sets were to be distributed to MPS schools, and each school also received a shipment of books covering topics from Jackie Robinson to Hank the Ballpark Pup.

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