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League of Dreams brings free baseball to Cedar Rapids kids
A new youth baseball program is giving Cedar Rapids kids a chance to play baseball for free this summer.
Seventy-five second and third graders at Taylor, Wilson, Harrison, Van Buren and Cleveland schools are participating in the league, which is sponsored by Minor League Baseball, the Cedar Rapids Kernels, Perfect Game USA, the Rawlings Sporting Goods company and the Cedar Rapids Parks & Recreation Department.
Shirts and hats were supplied by Minor League Baseball Charities, and Rawlings donated pants, gloves, bats and helmets.
Games will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in June and July at Jones Park in southwest Cedar Rapids.
Photos by Liz Martin
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Wilson Rock Hounds' Nic Newkirk, 9 (left) and Brandon Soper, 9, wait for their turns at bat in their League of Dreams game against the Harrison Timber Rattlers at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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