BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) -Frida at Bowen field, players of all shapes and sizes hit the diamond to compete and show off their baseball skills.
The Bluefield Ridge Runners, through Major League Baseball hosted its first annual Pitch, Hit and Run competition.
Kids ranging from age seven to fourteen, more than one hundred kids came out and their skills.
The eight winners qualify for the district team and move onto play during the World Series.
Photojournalist Mark Hughes brings us all the sights and sounds today from the yard.
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(Natural Sound) “Here in a few minutes we will get you guys lined up and ready to go. All right good luck”
(Natural Sound) -Rocky Malamisura: “we are going to grab y’all first. Get your helmet and get your bat, ok”
(Natural Sound) ball hitting bat
Rocky Malamisura ‘so what we are trying to do along with This event today is to have these kids showcasing and they get to see other kids their own age’
Aubrey Royce- “I just want to make more friends and compete more”
(Natural Sound) of bat hitting ball
Aubrey Royce “to learn and have fun playing baseball”
(Natural Sound’ ping sound of bat”
Benjamin Holland “well I just like the fact that I may be able to go to the little league world series, that’s fun and I just like the fact that baseball is you can move around so much and run and hit the ball and I like when you hit it I like the sound>
(Natural Sound) bat hitting ball
“and I like when it hits your mitt”
Nat sound bat hitting ball
“Well just learning how we are supposed o throw the ball the right way and pitching. That’s fun, I like pitching, gotta get better at that (laughs) >
“It’s just going to be fun today.”
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Source: Hit, Pitch and Run competition in Bluefield
