Kids take over Fenway on Play Ball Weekend

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BOSTON — Shane Prusak was wide-eyed as some of his favorite Red Sox players paraded around in foul ground greeting fans at Fenway Park before Saturday’s game against the Astros

Donning their orange Cal Ripken Baseball league jerseys, Prusak and his friends Joe Kurkulonis and Aiden West politely asked one player after the next for a photo — Koji Uehara, David Price, Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bogaerts and so on.

“It feels awesome,” said Prusak, 10, of Conway, Mass. “It’s really cool meeting all the players and getting pictures with them.”

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The pregame photo-op was just one small part of Major League Baseball’s inaugural Play Ball Weekend, which is an extension of the Play Ball initiative …

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