BASEBALL FUNDRAISER A HIT WITH COPS, KIDS.Byline: Josh Kleinbaum Staff Writer A team of police officers will face off Saturday against a squad of personalities during the fifth annual LAPD-Celebrity Swing-A-Thon, a daylong charity fund-raiser designed to increase the Police Department's interaction with the public. ``My goal is to turn the lives around for some youths,'' said Michael Scott Michael Scott or Mike Scott may be: Novelists:
Dodgers players, including infielder Antonio Perez and pitchers Odalis Perez and Yhency Brazoban, will hold a baseball clinic Noun 1. baseball clinic - a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction; "a summer baseball clinic for promising young players" clinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity . There will be games and events for kids, including a rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. wall, and kids can explore a police car. Lunch is free, and the first 1,000 kids will receive a backpack filled with gifts. Josh Kleinbaum, (818) 713-3669 josh.kleinbaum(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO The Swing-A-Thon begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at El Cariso County Park, 13100 Hubbard St., Sylmar. An opening ceremony and celebrity introductions are scheduled for 12:30 p.m., with the home run derby This is about the Major League Baseball contest. For the 1959 television show of the same name, see Home Run Derby (TV series). The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. and baseball game at 1 p.m. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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