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Long Islanders send baseball gear to kids in need

A pile of hundreds of baseball equipment items,

Photo credit: Barry Sloan

When 10-year-old Frankie Yandolino thought about how difficult it would be to play softball without the necessary gear — baseballs, a bat, a helmet — she couldn’t imagine how she would play the sport she loves.

That is why she and other baseball and softball players worked together with Hempstead Town Clerk Mark Bonilla and DHL Express shipping company to collect gently used baseball gear...

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