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keep the leagues and the teams going.”
She cited the cost of uniforms, equipment and maintenance of the fields, the money for which must all be raised through donations. At Stuart Field, for example, Compton’s Excavating donated equipment and time to level and grade the ball diamond, but the league must raise the money to hydro-seed the field in the fall. And, parents and other volunteers have been installing fencing for the backstop and outfield.
But for all the time and work involved, the American tradition of baseball continues. That old saying, “As American as baseball and apple pie” shows no signs of dying out — at least not anytime soon in Rappahannock County.
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