After a double-header, high-schoolers passed out backpacks, Dodgers shirts, gloves, balls, water bottles to kids. Yankees pitcher Max Fried, who attended Harvard-Westlake, came back for the event.

Press-Telegram and Grunion Gazette readers, with the help of some philanthropic community elves, donated 3,233 sports balls for Boys & Girls kids, breaking last year’s record of 2,800 balls.

As Doug Palmer watched the kids play baseball, a smile came over his face. Palmer, a former mayor who works with Major League ...

The Let’s Play Ball campaign exceeded its goal of collecting 2,500 balls each for the Boys & Girls Clubs of both Long Beach and the LA Harbor.

Big 5 will once again provide 25% off any regularly priced sports ball folks buy to donate to the Play Ball campaign. Phil Trani’s Restaurant, 3490 Long Beach Blvd., noon-11 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Let’s Play Ball Help us reach out goal of 3,000 athletic balls, which will be distributed at a holiday drive-thru event at BGCLA. New balls of any type are great, just make sure they are still ...

The YMCA program honors Rasberry's legacy by making the sport accessible to all kids who want to "play ball". "There's a lot of joy that comes out of this program.