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OneLegUpAlex Adapts with Limb Kind Foundation at CitiField THANKS TO MLB COMMISSIONER’s INITIATIVE! 8-30-25 · OneLegUpAlex Sports

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Well, if you checked out where we were
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  Speaker 2: last night for Jonah Toong's MLB debut, it was thanks
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  Speaker 2: to lim Kim Foundation. Now, this is very interesting here
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  Speaker 2: on one leg up Alex Mary Johnson, who is an
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  Speaker 2: amputee and who we met here at Port Washington and
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  Speaker 2: then a couple times over the last couple of years. Well,
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  Speaker 2: she informed me, Hey, you know, Limb kind L I
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  Speaker 2: m B KI n D is doing a baseball event
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  Speaker 2: at City Field. And even though I had a long
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  Speaker 2: day in the radio world doing the morning show and
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  Speaker 2: all that, I was motivated to go there and get
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  Speaker 2: to see who I could see from the Limb Kim Foundation.
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  Speaker 1: And though I am not an amputee.
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  Speaker 2: Myself, I've said this before, but being born with one leg, naturally,
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  Speaker 2: I have had an affinity to seeing those who are
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  Speaker 2: amputee losing a limb adapting to their life and adapting
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  Speaker 2: with style and you know, in a kick ass way.
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  Speaker 1: And so Limb kind Foundation coming.
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  Speaker 2: Along and supporting amputees and bringing a whole network together
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  Speaker 2: is pretty cool. And it's led by Jill Smith and
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  Speaker 2: that is who we contacted yesterday. I contact yesterday to
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  Speaker 2: see Hey, you know, I know you guys are throwing
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  Speaker 2: this event.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry it's last minute, but we can make it.
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  Speaker 2: And thanks to limb Kin Foundation, we were there to
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  Speaker 2: not only meet members of the community we met a
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  Speaker 2: couple of them, but also be there for Jonah Toong's debut.
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  Speaker 2: And when he struck out the side and the fifth man,
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  Speaker 2: he was pumped up. You could see that adrenaline and
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  Speaker 2: that energy going and really happy for the kid. And
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  Speaker 2: so him and McLain, by the way, two incredible call
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  Speaker 2: ups for the Mets so far. I said Mark Vanos
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  Speaker 2: was the Mets call up of the year last year. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I think the Mets call ups this year are McLane
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  Speaker 2: and Tong on the mound early early going anyway, But
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  Speaker 2: when we got the tickets and when I went on
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  Speaker 2: the ballpark AAP, I noticed something that said Commissioners Initiative.
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  Speaker 2: That's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: What does this mean? What is lim Kim Foundation part of? Well,
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  Speaker 1: after some.
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  Speaker 2: Research, the Mets are part of a community ticket program
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  Speaker 2: with the MLB Commissioner's Community Initiative, which helps the Mets
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  Speaker 2: provide opportunities for the local underserved community to experience a
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  Speaker 2: baseball game at City Field. Providing complementary tickets to five
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  Speaker 2: oh one c three charitable groups, allowing youth, seniors, and
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  Speaker 2: members of the various community groups and nonprofit organizations to
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  Speaker 2: attend a Mets game which they otherwise may not have
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to do so. For all the hate that
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  Speaker 2: Commissioner Man forgets to have this initiative.
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  Speaker 1: Where MLB comes alongside its teams.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen the Rangers have this in Texas, the Reds
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  Speaker 2: in Cincinnati, and the Mets here in New York. It's
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  Speaker 2: pretty awesome, and that is how you keep the sport
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  Speaker 2: growing by opening that door, making baseball more accessible to
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  Speaker 2: people with disabilities and the underserved community.
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  Speaker 1: This is what one leg Up Alex has become about.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah we talk politics, Yeah we talked to a degree
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  Speaker 2: of sports with Terminio's take, but at its heart, it's
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  Speaker 2: about making the world more accessible. And when I see
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  Speaker 2: the love of baseball become more accessible to people in
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  Speaker 2: the underserved and the disabled community, I want to talk
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  Speaker 2: about it because it's great that lim Kin Foundation is
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  Speaker 2: partnered with MLB and the Mets in this way, and
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  Speaker 2: it's great to show that, you know, people with disabilities
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  Speaker 2: also have lives as well and I wish not to
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  Speaker 2: go back to the l R on this, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: talk about the l R. I wish they had this
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  Speaker 2: initiative in the sense of making the l R more
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  Speaker 2: accessible all times a day with the Ada.
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  Speaker 1: Fair, but that's neither here nor there.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, the MTA l R is not
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  Speaker 2: accessible at Flushing at with Mets will It's point, So
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  Speaker 2: that that's what people comment to me a lot about
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  Speaker 2: as well as why isn't the l R accessible at
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  Speaker 2: metz will It's point Now you have to go to
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  Speaker 2: Flushing and then take a bus in our case anyway,
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  Speaker 2: So maybe the l R could take a page out
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  Speaker 2: of what the Mets are doing in partnering with limb
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  Speaker 2: Kind Foundation and and MLB to make it possible for
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  Speaker 2: organizations like limb Kind and yes, the Henry Viscardi School
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  Speaker 2: to take in a game. And of course Muscardi, you
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  Speaker 2: get to do the seventh inning stretch. Kids under the
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  Speaker 2: scoreboard singing the seventh ning stretch every year is a
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  Speaker 2: tradition that Joe Salonica started many many years ago, about
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  Speaker 2: fifteen or so.
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  Speaker 1: And here's how it goes. If you have an.
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  Speaker 2: Organization, then you want to take your group to a
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  Speaker 2: Mets game through this program. The request must range from
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  Speaker 2: a minimum of twenty five tickets to a maximum of
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty tickets. A valid everyday email address
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  Speaker 2: is required for consideration, as email is the primary method
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  Speaker 2: of communication for ticket approvals.
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  Speaker 1: Please ensure you can.
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  Speaker 2: Redeem at least sixty five percent of the request of tickets,
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  Speaker 2: as requests cannot be altered once submitted see ticket utilization below.
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  Speaker 1: And applicants need to select three preferred.
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  Speaker 2: Game dates, ranking them in order, and the Mets reserve
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  Speaker 2: the rights to assign tickets for any of the three
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  Speaker 2: chosen dates. When applying, please ensure your availability for all
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  Speaker 2: three dates, as it is the group's responsibility to attend
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  Speaker 2: the game for which tickets are issued. To ensure fair
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  Speaker 2: access to our program and maximize community engagement.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, the Mets have always been.
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  Speaker 2: Incredible in the community, gotta shout them out as well.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't this isn't just giving.
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  Speaker 2: Commentary tickets to organizations to make baseball accessible. This is
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  Speaker 2: about them and the Yankees going out in the community.
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  Speaker 2: And I've seen firsthand Yankees and Mets going to Viscardi
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  Speaker 2: to support Sports Night, to support other events through the years.
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  Speaker 1: So our teams are very involved in the community.
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  Speaker 2: And I just saw the other day that they opened
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  Speaker 2: up Elston Howard Field for the Yankees, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: so the high school players softball and baseball.
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  Speaker 1: Can play some tournaments.
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  Speaker 2: And so for the Mets to expand beyond just the
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  Speaker 2: tickets is awesome. But then this program hits at home.
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  Speaker 2: The Mets require all participating groups to mean a maximum
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  Speaker 2: utilization rate of sixty five percent for ticket redemption. Utilization
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  Speaker 2: is best on actual attendance at the rent at the event.
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  Speaker 2: If a group falls below the sixty five percent utilization rate,
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  Speaker 2: they'll be ineligible.
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  Speaker 1: And so kudo the commissioner.
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  Speaker 2: Manfred for all the grief he gets about every little.
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  Speaker 1: Change in baseball you cannot deny.
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  Speaker 2: Through this program, MLB has become more accessible to these organizations.
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  Speaker 1: Like LIMB kN and this is why it's important to
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  Speaker 1: read your ballpark past tickets. You might find little kidbits
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  Speaker 1: that you didn't know before.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe by listening to this episode of One le
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  Speaker 2: Got Alex Garrett, you'll know if you are in an
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  Speaker 2: organization or a community about something you may not.
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  Speaker 1: Have known before. This might be bringing awareness.
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  Speaker 2: Because I do believe day programs and camps and.
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  Speaker 1: Groups of all kinds should be able.
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  Speaker 2: To bring the game of baseball all summer long to.
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  Speaker 1: Those involved with the group. And I hope more groups
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  Speaker 1: now knowing this can take advantage of it. And maybe
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  Speaker 1: you will too.
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  Speaker 2: If you're running a group organization, happen to see this.
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  Speaker 2: This is your signed in twenty twenty six to take
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  Speaker 2: advantage of this Major League Baseball Commissioner's initiative, as it
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  Speaker 2: says on the Ticket Commissioners Initiative. Yeah, and maybe, just
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  Speaker 2: maybe we'll see you at the ballpark for any of
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  Speaker 2: these events, because then I've said this before, Beyond just
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  Speaker 2: going to a game, baseball is such a social thing.
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  Speaker 2: You literally have nine innings or more to connect with
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  Speaker 2: people you may not have seen in a while.
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  Speaker 1: And meet new people there.
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  Speaker 2: And I think because of the pace of the game
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  Speaker 2: it allows that socialization at a baseball game, and now
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  Speaker 2: at the stadium is being bigger and wider and able
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  Speaker 2: to navigate through. People are always talking and walking even
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  Speaker 2: as the bases are loaded. And I say that kind
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  Speaker 2: of in jest because I always think we should focus
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  Speaker 2: on the bases that are loaded, but that's neither here
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  Speaker 2: nor there.
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  Speaker 1: Baseball isn't just.
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  Speaker 2: About you know, the bats and the gloves and home runs.
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  Speaker 1: It's a socialization, it's an experience. It's a shared experience,
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  Speaker 1: and that is why it is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: In a report here on one leg up with Alex
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  Speaker 2: Garrett a Baseball and major League Baseball and the Mets,
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  Speaker 2: through the Amazing Mets Foundation are opening the door to
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  Speaker 2: the shared experiences to five oh one c threes and
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  Speaker 2: me a few more people from limb kind last night,
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  Speaker 2: and of course seeing Christopher Alvarez, who was a Viscardi
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  Speaker 2: School legend, it felt like a.
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  Speaker 1: Connecting event.
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  Speaker 2: And an opportunity to highlight those who are imputees and
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  Speaker 2: are always adapting.
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  Speaker 1: In the best way possible and I think to be
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  Speaker 1: able to enjoy the game. I don't know if I
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  Speaker 1: want to say.
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  Speaker 2: It's a reward, but it definitely show it's like a
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  Speaker 2: reward for hard work that adaptation does take. And you're seene,
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  Speaker 2: it's a chance to be seen in the community, to
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  Speaker 1: Show the world that yes, we are always adapted.