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- Updated: May 29, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — It was only 7:15 a.m. ET Sunday at the loading dock outside Tropicana Field, but 24 kids of all ages were awake and ready to play baseball. The Rays’ grounds crew was still working on the infield dirt and sweeping the outfield turf. The Rays and Yankees had yet to arrive for their 1:10 p.m. game.
But the Pitch, Hit & Run event — the official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball — was just about to get started. Three kids from each age group (7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14) competed in a running, pitching and hitting drill. They had been selected from the sectional championships earlier in the spring. Their scores were tallied after Sunday’s competition, with the …
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