Elementary age children had the chance to learn the fundamentals of baseball at District Attorney Sam Sutter’s Free Sports Clinic held at the B.M.C. Durfee High School on April 2, 2011. The Clinic was conducted by members of the high school varsity baseball team and staff from the Bristol County District Attorney's Office who volunteer their time to provide instruction. The program gives both boys and girls a chance to learn and practice a game that can give them a lifetime of heart-healthy activity. DA Sutter’s Free Sports Clinics are held throughout Bristol County and offer instruction in tennis, basketball and baseball. “In addition to the great benefit of reaching out to the community and teaching kids a sport they can play for their entire lives, there is another message here: Through partnerships and volunteerism all of us can make a difference in our communities,” DA Sutter said. Click here for photos of the basketball clinic held at the Boys and Girls Club on October 23, 2010. For information about future clinics, please contact Brian Rose at 508-961-1972. 
 

(Top row, left and right) Emma Keene-Reinhard, 9, and Kyle Cacchione practice pitching before the start of the clinic. (Top row, center) Former Red Sox pitcher Brian Rose welcomes Jonathan Farias and his sons, Austin and Cody, to the clinic at the Luke Urban Field House at B.M.C. Durfee High School. (Middle row) Mr. Rose talks  about how he got started playing baseball, which eventually led him to signing as a pitcher with the Red Sox. (Bottom row, center) Ryan Cacchione practices some high stepping running during one of the drills. (Bottom row, right) Emma Keene-Reinhard charges ahead of the others during one of the drills.