PHILADELPHIA -- Close to 30 minutes after Emmanuel Burriss borrowed his glove to field some grounders, 13-year-old Francisco Dotor was still a bit shellshocked.
"It was crazy," Dotor said, wearing the glove he shared with a big leaguer.
Nearly 100 kids ages 7 to 14 were greeted with surprise appearances from Burriss and Colton Murray at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park on Saturday afternoon. The Phillies players showed up about halfway through a youth baseball clinic put on by the Phillies Urban Youth Academy for the inaugural Play Ball Weekend.
Coaches were sending players through hitting, baserunning, infield and outfield drills when Burriss and Murray arrived.