{"id":150216,"date":"2019-05-21T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T03:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/?p=150216"},"modified":"2019-05-21T23:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T04:45:17","slug":"northwoods-adventure-bemidji-hosts-pitch-hit-run-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/northwoods-adventure-bemidji-hosts-pitch-hit-run-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwoods Adventure: Bemidji Hosts Pitch Hit &#038; Run Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"width:100%px;\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sicd_fgP0vU?wmode=transparent&color=white&rel=0&showinfo=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"56.2\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a test of three simple skills\u2026pitching, hitting, and running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we held our sectional Pitch Hit &amp; Run competition,\u201d Amber Hynes, Bemidji Jaycees Public Relations VP, said. \u201cThis was a competition for all of the kids that qualified at a local level to compete at the sectional level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kids from a variety of ages tested their baseball and softball skills with the hopes of advancing from Bemidji to Target Field, and then possibly the MLB\u2019s all-star weekend in Cleveland later this July.<\/p>\n<p>So, how exactly do they test the three basic skills of baseball?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, not only are they measured by distance, but also by accuracy,\u201d Hynes said. \u201cThey try to hit the ball as close to center field as possible, so the closer they hit it to the middle of the field the better, and distance plays a factor into that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then for pitching each competitor gets five throws to hit a strike zone as many times as possible. Finally, the running portion is tested by timing competitors as they run from second base to home plate.<\/p>\n<p>The different events at Pitch Hit &amp; Run are simple, and even if you\u2019ve never played baseball or softball, you still have a chance to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first year doing Pitch Hit &amp; Run,\u201d said competitor Ty. \u201cIt\u2019s great, it\u2019s fun, and you should do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have to have any baseball experience at all to compete,\u201d Hynes said. \u201cThere\u2019s no chance of getting hit by the ball, so it\u2019s very safe. It\u2019s an introductory way to get them involved with baseball, and just see where they are at and what skills they have to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bemidji Jaycees host the sectional Pitch Hit &amp; Run event every year, and they\u2019re hoping to see one of their local athletes advance to the big stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a test of three simple skills\u2026pitching, hitting, and running. \u201cToday we held our sectional Pitch Hit &amp; Run competition,\u201d Amber Hynes, Bemidji Jaycees Public Relations VP, said. \u201cThis was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":150217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97,1,49,6450,6449],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lptv.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}