Play Ball in the Bronx a thrill for kids

NEW YORK — On a cold and drizzly Sunday morning in the Bronx, hundreds of kids made their Yankee Stadium debuts.

On hand celebrating Major League Baseball’s inaugural Play Ball Weekend, approximately 1,000 youth baseball and softball players between the ages of 6 and 14 entered onto the field and marched around the warning track. As they rounded their way toward the Yankees’ dugout, the kids were surprised by Alex Rodriguez, Nathan Eovaldi, Aroldis Chapman and Michael Pineda, there to take photos and exchange smiles and high-fives with the star-struck children.

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One child, upon noticing A-Rod, couldn’t help but remark how much bigger he is in person. Another just kept screaming, “They’re right here! They’re right here!” And one father, trying to explain the magnitude of the opportunity to his young son, pointed at A-Rod and said “That’s one of the best ballplayers ever.”

Rodriguez explained after the session why he feels baseball is such a great sport and why it still resonates with this generation of young …

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