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- Updated: June 5, 2016
HOUSTON — Like many kids his age, 12-year-old Paul Smith Jr. is discovering what baseball has to offer.
On Sunday at Minute Maid Park, Smith and 23 other baseball and softball sectional winners competed in the Pitch, Hit & Run competition presented by Scotts. The eight winners — four boys and four girls — have an opportunity to qualify for the national finals that will be held the week of the All-Star Game in San Diego.
“I wanted to play football the first year I started to play sports, but my dad advised baseball,” Smith said. “So I tried baseball and I really got into it. I’ve been playing baseball ever since.”
For the past three years, Smith has been playing baseball at the Astros Urban Youth Academy in Houston, under the direction of Daryl Wade.
On Sunday, Smith won the baseball age 11-12 division that included all three portions: pitch, hit and run.
“It was amazing,” said Smith, who excelled in his hometown. “I had a really good time. I was just happy to be here.
“I was nervous, but I prevailed. I just tried my hardest, that’s all my dad said you had to do.”
At the Astros Urban Youth …
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