ALBION, MI -- You can file this one under little known facts: The game of Tee Ball started in Albion.
And now it’s back in its founding city thanks to Milton Barnes and the Play Right Sports Academy.
Play Right has formed two new Tee Ball teams, one for 4 to 6 year olds and one for 6 to 8 year olds. The teams took to the diamond at Ketchum Field for their first games on June 25 and June 30.
“It’s a great feeling,” Barnes said. “It is really good to see the kids, see the families coming out and watching the kids participating in a program that is long overdue to get restarted.”
It has been more than 15 years since organized Tee Ball has been played in Albion, Barnes said.
But the sport’s history goes back to 1956 when the city’s summer recreation director and coach Jerry Sacharski noticed younger boys wanting to learn to play baseball like their older brothers.
“Sacharski developed a tee to help young players hit the ball and help them learn baseball fundamentals,” according to officials with the Restore Our Coke Sign: Bring Art & History Downtown campaign said. “Others around the country also created tees, but Albion lays claim to the first organized game for the new sport.”
A statue and plaque is coming to downtown Albion to commemorate the city’s role in the founding of Tee Ball. The campaign, led by Janet Domingo and Linda Kolmodin, raised more than $100,000.
The money is being used for the Tee Ball statue, to restore the iconic Coca-Cola sign in downtown Albion and create a mural on the back of Albion Malleable Brewing Company in a joint effort with the Calhoun County Land Bank and Albion Community Foundation, officials said.
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