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- Updated: August 25, 2016
CHICAGO — Rain prevented on-field activities, but it didn’t douse the spirits Wednesday at U.S. Cellular Field.
Rather than running the bases, a contingent of youth players from the White Sox Amateur City Elite (ACE) and Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) programs rotated through five educational stations set up on the main concourse instead, all part of the 2016 National PLAY Campaign’s tour.
The stations ranged from improving techniques in baseball to improving nutrition and steering clear of potential pitfalls, such as poor grades and performance-enhancing drugs.
“I definitely got something out of it,” said Noah Smith, 13, a shortstop in the ACE program. “I found [the PEDs talk] very important, because it could get you in trouble. I’d heard of PEDs before, but I never knew the consequences were like that. And if you want to play the game for a long time, you need to have a healthy body.”
The PLAY Campaign (Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth) holds the educational clinics in every Major League stadium. It was created in 2004 by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society as a way to promote the merits of living a healthy, active …
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