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- Updated: May 14, 2016
DALLAS — When Rangers right-hander Tony Barnette was growing up in Federal Way, Wash., he would have loved to have had the kind of opportunity that children got Saturday as Major League Baseball kicked off its Play Ball Weekend.
“We weren’t that close to the Kingdome,” Barnette said. “I remember going to Tacoma to the Triple-A stadium. We didn’t have the Play Ball or things like this. You see a lot pf people taking a lot of stuff seriously. A lot of people forget this game is a game. That’s the most important message of this, is to get out and play. Get out and have fun with it.”
That’s exactly what Barnette and teammates Sam Dyson and Ryan Rua did in the shadows of Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas. They played baseball with 150 of their newfound friends, who ranged from ages 5 to 16. There were no scores kept at the inaugural Play Ball Weekend event. The weekend is an extension of the Play Ball initiative, with the focus on encouraging participation in both formal and casual baseball and softball activities.
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