RIBS.
RIBS. A
RIBS. A GENTLEMAN FARMER JOINS US TO SHOW US A PAIR OF SEASONING
RECIPES THAT WILL HAVE YOU
GOING BACK FOR SECONDS.
>>> FIRST, THE LITTLE LEAGUE
SEASON IS WINDING DOWN.
THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE LITTLE
LEAGUE CHALLENGER DIVISION AND
ITS DIRECTOR AND COACH4@ IS AT
ALL-TIME HIGH.4@
>> THEY CALLED OUT THE SEASON
LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THIS YEAR4@ AS PEGGY REPORTS,
THEY WERE MORE THAN READY TO
STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND 4@PLAY
BALL.
>> Reporter: IT IS SOMETHING SO
SIMPLE AND SO PURE.
>>4@ LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE.
THAT IS RIGH4@T.
>> A WARM SUMMER EVENING.
A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD FIELD.
AND KIDS 4@IN UNIFORM, GATHERED
TO PLAY BASEBALL.4@4@
FOR 10 SEASONS THE LITTLE
LEAGUE CHALLENGING DIVISION HAS
TO PLAY BASEBALL.4@4@ FOR 10 SEASONS THE LITTLE LEAGUE CHALLENGING DIVISION HAS@
WELCOMED ATHLETES AGES 4 TO 18
WHO HAVE ANY TYPE OF
DISABILITY.
>>4@ IT IS GREAT TO SPEND TIME
OUTSIDE AND EVERYBODY HAS FUN.
>> IT IS 4@A WAY FOR PEOPLE LIK
ME TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY SPORTS
WITHOUT ALL OF THE UNNECESSARY
PRESSURE.
>> HERE IS HOW IT IS PLAYED
BACK MATTERS GET PITCHES UNTIL
THEY HIT THE BALL.
THEN THEY RUN TO 4@FIRST BASE.
>> THEY WERE CARD.4@
THEY WORK VERY HARD.
HITTING THE BAT4@ TO THE BALL I
A VERY DIFFICULT TASK AND WHEN
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER
THINGS GOING ON, 4@IT IS EVEN
HARDER.
THEY ALL LOVE IT.
THEY CONNECT AND RUN.
IT CAN BE IN A WHEELCHAIR4@4@.
BALL GETS THROWN TO EACH FILTER
AND ENDS UP AT FIRST BASE. WITH
EACH NEW BATTER THE PLAYERS
EACH ADVANCE ONE BASE.
>> THEIR FAVORITE IS WHOEVER
THE LAST BATTER IS IS ROTTEN. 4@
IT IS A HOME RUN4@ AND THEY
HEADED AND EVERYBODY 4@RUNS HOM
THERE IS A CELEBRATION4@ EVERY
RUN BECAUSE THEY GET TO SCORE
AND THAT IS JUST SO POWERFUL.
>> THIS IS BASEBALL.
WE PLAY BASEBALL.4@4@4@4@
THEY HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS.
THEY4@ ARE PLAYERS.
I TREAT THEM LIKE PLAYERS.
>> THE COACH CAME TO THE LEAGUE
AS A PARENT WITH HER SON HUNTER
WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING ON THIS
TEAM FOR 10 YEARS.
>> BESIDES BATTING, 4@IS THERE
SOMETHING ELSE YOU LOVE ABOUT
BASEBALL?
>> ALWAYS PLAYING.
>> SHE DID NOT STAY IN THE
BLEACHERS LONG.
SHE MOVED TO COACH AND TH4@EN
DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE.
>> PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS ARE NOT OFTEN
ABLE TO 4@STEP BACK AND4@ WATCH
THEIR JOB.
WE ARE HANDS-ON.
>> 4@DIANE IS A NURSE WHEN SHE
NOT4@ 4@RUNNING THE BASES.
I HAVE HAD 34 YEARS OF NURSING
EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SCARES 4@
ARE NOTHING I CAN'T HANDLE.4@4@
>> Reporter: 4@THAT MEANS A LOT
TO THE PARENTS.
SHE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT TIME
TO SIT BACK 4@AND SEE THE PRIDE
THEIR CHILD TAKES IN PLAYING
BALL. 4@
LIKE I WANT THEM TO SIT ON THE
SI4@DELINES AND BE ABLE TO
OBSERVE THEIR CHILD BE AN
ATHLETE. A PLAYER OF BASEBALL. @
I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE STUFF
ON THE FIELD.
THEY DESERVE TO WATCH 4@THEIR
CHILD.
>> MICHELLE HAS SEEN HER CHILD
GROW OVER 4@THE YEARS ON THE
YEARS HE HAS BEEN ON THE TEAM.
>> HE IS PROGRESS.
WHEN HE FIRST STARTED HE DIDN'T
-- HE WAS NOT INTO IT.
HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO CLAP
FOR HIM.
I HAD TO PUT UP A SIGN THAT
SAID NO CLAPPING.
HE WOULD GET UPSET WITH THAT
NOISE.
HE HAS PROGRESSED SO MUCH OVER
THE YEARS.
>> I AM 4@SO PROUD4@ OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
HE HAS COME SO FAR.
>> IT IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT
MAKES THE LEAGUE A HIT WITH SO
MANY FAMILIES.
VOLUNTEERS SERVE AS MENTORS, 4@
COACHES, PITCHERS AND CATCHERS.
>> I 4@DO THIS4@4@ TO HAVE FUN.
I HAVE SO MUCH FUN COMING OUT
HERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND IF I
HAVE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO
GO TO I REALLY MISS BEING HERE.
THERE IS NO OTHER REASON THEN
JUST HAVE FUN WITH THE KIDS.
>>4@4@ Mc4@KENZIE IS A SOPHOMOR
CAN'T IMAGINE BEING ANYWHERE
ELSE ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING.
>> TYPICALLY I GO IN 4@THE FIEL
AND HELP THE KIDS AND MAKE SURE
THEY STAY ON TRACK.
SOME HAVE A HARD TIME FOCUSING.
I WANT TO BE 4@THEIR FRIEND AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE PLAYING
BASEBALL.
>> THERE ARE ONLY A FEW GROUND
RULES THAT KEEP THESE KIDS 4@
BATTING 1000.
THERE ARE KIND 4@WORDS ONLY. WE
CHEER FOR EACH OTHER. YOU
LISTEN TO YOUR COACH4@ AND
RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE.
THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO
THAT AND THEY STAND UP TO 4@THA
LEVE4@L.4@
THEY THINK IT IS SILLY WHEN THE
COACH4@ JUMPS UP 4@AND DOWN.
IT IS FROM MY HEART.
I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF
THESE KIDS.
THEY ARE MY KIDS.
>> ANOTHER SCORE.
REIKO THAT WAS A HOME RUN.
4@ >> YOU TOLD ME4@. YOU WERE SO
RIGHT.
YES.4@
RIGHT. YES.4@ 4@ >> EVERY SO OFTEN YOU MEET
SOMEONE WHO SEEMS4@ PERFECTLY
SUITED FOR THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING AND IT IS SAFE TO SAY
THAT COACH DIANE, AS WE 4@JUST W
FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
>> YES.
YOU CO4@ULD TELL THE MINUTE SHE
STARTED SPEAKING IN THAT STORE
YOU ARE LIKE OKAY.
BUCKLE UP.
WITH REGARD TO BE GOOD.
>>> THE LITTLE LEAGUE