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D-backs champion youth sports participation
- Updated: May 15, 2016
PHOENIX — The D-backs had a ball, on and off the field, all weekend.
“It’s something we try to do all year long,” D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall said. “We try to get kids to play baseball and softball and become fans for life. I really appreciate the fact that Major League Baseball makes it a league-wide initiative.”
Play Ball Weekend is an extension of the Play Ball initiative, which launched in 2015 as MLB’s largest effort to encourage widespread participation in both formal and casual youth baseball and softball activities. The D-backs did their part.
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— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 15, 2016
Field of dreams. Future #Dbacks take the field with the team. #PlayBall pic.twitter.com/KXiupbHM5Z
As part of Play Ball Weekend, brothers Hollis and Rhett Doherty threw out the ceremonial first pitches prior to Sunday’s game against the Giants. …
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