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Show V PINTO LEAGUER, Tom Jacobs, right, grabs the dirt and the baseball as he tries to get a runner out at third base. However, the leaping baseballer returned to the bag and kept from being tagged out. BALL PLAYERS and coaches on the Dodgers team root for teammates out on the diamond in a Pinto League game Wednesday between the Mets and the Dodgers Scores aren't recorded in the games. A BATTING GLOVE gets adjusted and fixed just right onthe hand of baseballer Jonathan Eaton prior to taking a turna! swinging the bat. iteiselbollieirs pl(oy tor Sum For most of the youngsters in the Pinto League program in Vernal baseball is a new experience and while many of the youngsters are unsure of many things out on the field, they are sure of three items, hit the ball, run, run, run and catch the ball. Items such as tag up on a fly ball, hit and run, squeeze play, bunt, hit the cut off man, double steal, sacrifice fly, runs batted in, earned run average, slugging percentage, batting average and pick off plays are sports terms of the future for the Pinto League baseballers. The game consists of placing the baseball on a batting tee. The batter swings at the ball when the pitcher goes through a pitching motion without the baseball. The inning is over when everyone in the lineup has batted. Kenny Stringham has a son, Shawn, in the Pinto League program and he remarked, "Pinto League ball gives younger kids a chance to play. They don't keep score. They all get to bat." A coach on the Dodgers' team, Pat Jenkins commented, "The Pinto League program is good for the kids. It gives the kids a lot of experience and teaches them the basics. We are not worried too much about the score just letting them play." When asked what he likes about Pinto Pin-to League ball, Bobby Jenkins said, "It's fun and I like batting." Nancy Aycock's son Jason .V, is a member of a Pinto League and she stated, "It's a gra: perience for the kids. I have tots: the games and protect him be my husband is the coach." Another mother with a boy i; Pinto League, Vickie Ainge,sai4 great for teaching them about b: compete. The program also te; the youngsters sportsmanship how to get along with each otbe Pinto Leaguer, Ryan Ainge i mented, "I like to hit the ball an; ching is the other thing Hike. Pinto League baseball." Dez and Carol Murray have! boys in the Vernal Boys' Basebal gram. They have one boy in the: League, one in the Mustang k and one in the Pony League. "II; me busy getting to all the game getting them to the practices on': said Carol Murray. "I enjoy ; League baseball and he enjoysfc well." "Pinto League is a really gc gram. It teaches them to to ball, catch the ball and bat. I-teaches I-teaches them the rules," state:. Murray. Dez and Carol Murray's son: Pinto League program, BenMi' stated, "What I like about play; the Pinto League is hitting thek catching it." I EYES FOCUS on the ball and Jonathan Eaton waits for. pitcher to go through the pitching motion out on the mu before he swings at the baseball. |
