Sounds Help Special Group Of Students Live Baseball Dream

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A group of 50 boys and girls visited Greer Stadium on Thursday for a special camp for a group of deaf and hearing impaired students.

The children received expert advice from Sounds players. They also got to run the bases, catch hi-flies and even take a swing or two off the tee.

"I really like baseball. It's a lot of fun. I like to work hard, and sometimes school is boring but here its fun," said 7th grader Tre Dobbins.

The children are students at Sylvan Park Elementary School and West End Middle School.

Players said they get as much out of Thursday's game as the children do.

"We take this for granted out here every day doing the small stuff. Something like today you stop and realize something so simple means so much to the little kids. It makes you work harder when you go out there," said Sounds pitcher Chris Smith.

This is the tenth year for the program and many of the middle school students that participated have been coming to the event since kindergarten.

The event was sponsored by Sertoma of Nashville, a local civic organization.