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Baseball for Peace, 1985

Road trip to Boaco, Nicaragua to play ball and distribute 2 tons of donated gear.
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Local band played for our arrival.
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Local band played for our arrival.

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  • Statue dedicated to the Revolution, outside Managua. The typical machine gun in left hand is balanced by the pick in his right.
  • Richie Pechner and Sabastian Guzman. Guzman was catcher and All-Star, for UNAG of Managua, a 1st division team. He is sporting his new uni form our donated gear.
  • Sabastian invited us over to see his Div.1 All-Star trophies, after first putting up the SF Giants team photo I gave him.
  • Heading out for a "road" game in a 5 ton flatbed truck
  • example of "bat and ball" local kids learn to play the game with: ball is a sock stuffed with rocks and a hand smoothed stick for a bat
  • Youngest helper clearing rocks from what is to become Geronimo Robles Stadium.
  • Welcoming parade down the streets of Boaco, which went around 2 times as the route was short.
  • Local band played for our arrival.
  • Local kids were very curious about the gringo baseball players in their town.
  • Local ladies carrying the traditional way. Nice balance on the right.
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