CELEBRITIES TO PITCH IN AT CHARITY BALLGAME.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER -- Celebrities will play in an Aug. 6 charity 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' game hosted by the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. to benefit an anti-violence foundation set up by the parents of teenager Jeremy O'Rourke, killed last year after a youth baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League by another teen with a baseball bat. The Aug. 6 game at Clear Channel Stadium in Lancaster will feature Hollywood stars The Hollywood Star was an idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota. and retired athletes squaring off against a squad made up of local community members. The softball contest will go from 1 to 4 p.m., with a pregame ceremony kicking off the event at 12:30 p.m. A silent auction and prize drawings will be conducted during the game. The list of celebrities playing in the event will be released in July, JetHawks officials said. Proceeds will benefit the Jeremy Rourke Foundation and National Foundation Against Violence in Youth Sports. The foundation was created by Brian Rourke after 15-year-old Jeremy was killed April 12, 2005, at a Palmdale baseball field by a 13-year-old boy who hit him in the head with a baseball bat. The other boy was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to be incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. in the California Youth Authority until age 25. The foundation aims to educate the public about violence in youth sports and teach parents, youngsters, officials and youth sports organizations about the effects of sports rage. Tickets for the event cost $10 and include entry to the softball game and the night's Lancaster JetHawks game against the Lake Elsinore Storm The Lake Elsinore Storm are a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and are a farm team of the San Diego Padres. . Tickets can be purchased at the JetHawks' box office at Clear Channel Stadium or over the phone at (661) 273-9778. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ROURKE |
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