MIRACLE LEAGUE OF PENSACOLA SET FOR "SOFT OPENING"

March 13, 2005 - The Miracle League of Pensacola has settled on April 23, 2005 as its date for the first Miracle League of Pensacola baseball games. With heavy construction on the ball field nearing completion, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to establish the fourth Saturday in April as its opening day.

With field detail work yet to be completed by that date, the league will consider the April 23 kickoff a "soft opening" with four teams registered and slated to commence play. Final field painting of baselines, bases, and "dirt" will begin immediately after the season ends in plenty of time for the early fall season. The league will host its grand opening celebration at the commencement of the fall season on September 17 at the Mitchell Homes Miracle League Field park.

Mitchell Homes Miracle League Field has a crumb rubber surface to enable easy negotiation with special walking devices and wheelchairs, much of which has been donated by Ford Motor Company and Recovery Technologies Group (RTG).

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