NEWTOWN, Conn. -- While growing up in Danbury, Conn., Red Sox right-hander Matt Barnes said his parents preached to him the value of giving back to his community.
That is why, after tragedy struck here in 2012, when a gunman fatally shot 20 children at the Sandy Hook elementary school, Barnes wanted to find a way to help the community. So he began the Matt Barnes and Friends Baseball Clinic for the Children and Community of Newtown, which held its third annual event Saturday at Newtown Youth Academy Sports and Fitness Center, as a way to give back to a community still mourning a horrific act.