“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the street,” Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said.<\/p>\n
Well, on Saturday, April 8 parents, kids and even the mayor were off the street during the Kent Little League opening day festivities at Ryan Brunner Field.<\/p>\n
Mayor Dana Ralph even threw out the first pitch.<\/p>\n
“It landed somewhere in the vicinity of home plate,” Ralph said in a city of Kent Facebook post.<\/p>\n
Kent Little League began in 1984 and serves the communities of Kent and Covington with baseball and softball teams for boys and girls ages 4 to 14. Kent is part of Little League International and District 10 of Washington State.<\/p>\n
The baseball divisions, according to the Kent Little League website, are Tee Ball, ages 4-6 coed; Minors A, ages 6-8; Minors AA, ages 8-9; Minors AAA, ages 10-11; Majors, age 12; and Juniors, ages 13-14.<\/p>\n
The softball (fastpitch) divisions for girls include Minors B, ages 6-7; Minors A, ages 8-12; Majors, ages 10-12; and Juniors, ages 13-14.<\/p>\n
Ryan Brunner Park, 25636 140th Ave. SE, is named after a 12-year-old Little League player, of Covington, who died in 1994 during a rafting trip along the Wenatchee River.<\/p>\n
“The teams all looked great,” said Ralph, who thanked the Kent Police Department and Puget Sound Fire for showing up to cheer on the teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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