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Buford Girl Reaches Pitch, Hit & Run Finals During MLB All-Star Break
Olivia Shaw, 10, will also get to shag fly balls during the MLB Home Run Derby at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
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A Buford girl will get a chance to see what it feels like to be a Major League All-Star.
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Olivia Shaw, 10, will compete in the Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run National Finals Monday at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The event is part of the MLB All-Star festivities, according to a press release.
She will compete in the 9-10 girls age category.
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After competing Monday, Olivia will join other finalists in the outfield to shag fly balls during Monday night’s Home Run Derby.
Olivia is a rising fifth-grader at Duncan Creek Elementary School in Hoschton (Mill Creek Cluster).
“I have no clue (what it’s going to be like),” Olivia told the Gwinnett Daily Post. “But I know it’s going to be fun and exciting.”
More than 600,000 boys and girls, ages 7-14, competed this spring in the official skills program of Major League Baseball for an opportunity to advance to the national finals, according to the press release.
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