Well, last Friday, the inaugural game of "John Smoltz Strikeout Baseball" was played in downtown Lansing.
my grandson was one of 12 local U14 players hand-picked to play this game. Strange rules (picture of the rules in the link) but interesting none the less
in an interesting twist that no one expected, John Smoltz himself ended up pitching innings 2-5, so all the kids got to swing against the hall-of-famer at least twice.
My grandson is the one with the HUGE grin just left of center in this picture (can only see his head and hands and sunglasses). I 'think' he had a good time.....
each kid got a free jersey, as you can see, the front has the game logo on it, on the back is John Smoltz number and just above that is a white rectangle where the player's name would normally go, instead of the kids names, John signed each jersey and the kids got to take them home (for free).
www.fox47news.com/.../john-smoltz-strikeout-baseball-stadium-opens-in-lansing