IRVING, Texas -- When Irving mayor Beth Van Duyne asked a gym full of boys and girls if they knew how to play baseball or softball, only a little more than half raised their hands.
Van Duyne said when she was growing up, it would have been 100 percent. But therein lies the point of Irving's Wiffle ball game Wednesday at Cimarron Park Recreation Center.
Children from the Cimarron and Mustang Park youth programs gathered in the center's gym (it was approaching 100 degrees outside), where they played a loosely organized Wiffle ball game in conjunction with Major League Baseball's Play Ball initiative and the RBI World Series.