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Boys and Girls Club Learn Baseball From O's

Children from the Roy McBean Boys & Girls Clubs learned some basic baseball skills from the Baltimore Orioles.

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A group of children from the Boy McBean Boys & Girls Clubs had a chance Saturday to get up close with the Baltimore Orioles to learn X's from the O's.

"They were so excited," said Boys & Girls Club volunteer Barbara Bane. "They showed up 30 minutes early" to the club.

The kids got hands-on lessons in pitching from Dylan Bundy and O's prospect Oliver Drake, fielding from Orioles Hall of Famer Mike Bordick and batting from another Orioles Hall of Famer Chris Hoiles at . 

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