Pitch In For the Tenth Inning

As the baseball gods begin beckon kids to warming practice fields, many parents (and grandparents) go broke. Despite a Little League ban against many composites, it's an increasingly expensive sport. A good bat, by itself, will still rock you at least $150-250. You'll be lucky if it lasts a season. If it does, your son or daughter will have most likely outgrown it. Then there's the registration and tournament fees and all the gear: batting gloves, cleats, sliding pants, helmets, fielder's gloves, and so on. It's easy to spend between $600-$1,000 for just one season, without blinking an eye.

Many kids, especially in Allentown, simply lack the money. I've seen it myself. While J.B. Reilly dribbles in his indoor basketball court, dreaming about the money he's going to make in the NIZ, many of Allentown's kids skip out on baseball completely. Others play without cleats, or use borrowed bats that are too big or too small, wearing helmets that don't fit.  

This is where Joseph Giordano and Victoria Tesone, son and niece to Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano, have come up with a wonderful idea. It really could help some of the baseball and softball programs in different Lehigh Valley communities. I'll let them tell you.

                  Have your children outgrown their old baseball or softball equipment?

              Do you have equipment in your garage that your kids haven’t used in a while?

The Tenth Inning is looking for gently used baseball/softball gloves, bats, batting helmets, and catching gear so that they may be distributed to children in need in local communities.

If you have any items that are in usable condition, please email us or call us at 610.360.7048 and we will make arrangements for pick up.

      Joseph Giordano      Victoria Tesone