ADVISORY/Girls Step Up To The Plate at Dodger Stadium.Sports Editors/Business Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (May 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE) LADWP LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Dodgers host hundreds of girls to Power Hitter (softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' ) Clinic and Competition
What: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Los
Angeles Dodgers are hosting an all-girls softball Power
Hitter Clinic and Competition at Dodger Stadium for the
second consecutive year. This event will feature hundreds of
softball players, ages 7-14, participating in hitting,
pitching, catching and fielding clinics led by Dodger pitcher
Tom Martin; Dodger infielder Jolbert Cabrera; and former
Dodger great Steve Yeager.
Original members of the women's professional baseball team
who inspired the movie "A League of Their Own" will also be
on hand. After this training session the young ladies will
compete in a hitting competition with winners advancing to a
final contest to be held at Dodger Stadium later in this
season.
Who: - Dodger pitcher Tom Martin; Dodger infielder Jolbert
Cabrera; and former Dodger great Steve Yeager
- Members of the women's professional baseball team who
inspired the movie "A League of Their Own"
- Hundreds of female softball players from all over Southern
California
- LADWP Corporate Communications representative Gale Harris
Where: Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(enter the field through centerfield; parking lots 8 & 10)
When: Saturday, May 17
12:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Photo Op: Dodger players Tom Martin and Jolbert Cabrera with former
Dodger great Steve Yeager providing instruction to hundreds
of softball players; and "A League of Their Own" women on
the playing field at Dodger Stadium.
Why: This is the second of five LADWP Power Hitter events planned
at Los Angeles city parks during the baseball season. The
event is one of the many ways that the LADWP demonstrates its
commitment to the community and the youth of Los Angeles.
SOURCE: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. |
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