DENVER -- "Ian, watch this!" Emmanuel Mendez shouted across the field to Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond.
Clutching the plastic bat in his hands, Mendez furrowed his brow and eyed the Wiffle ball sitting on the tee. He wound up and swung his bat with all the strength the seven-year-old could muster. The ball flew across the field into Desmond's hands.
"Yes!" Mendez screamed and jumped up and down, happy to rally a hit and seize the attention of a professional Rockies player. Desmond congratulated him on the hit and gave him a high five.
"That was so fun," Mendez, with a huge smile across his face, said to his friend after their group finished hitting.