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THE LOWER COURT DISAGREED.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY ASK
FOR A VISIT TO THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
BASEBALL SEASON ALMOST
NEVER HAPPENED FOR IT IN ONE
PART OF TOWN.
TWO MEN STEPPED UP AND MADE
SURE THE KIDS COULD PLAY BALL.
Reporter: TO -- THE CRACK OF
A BASEBALL BAT ECHOED.
IT'S A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD
BUT GOOD PEOPLE IN IT.
Reporter: THE CHARGERS
PRACTICE WITH GANG GRAFFITI AND
POVERTY.
THESE SEVEN AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS
HUSTLE AROUND THE BASES
DREAMING OF MAJOR-LEAGUE LAURA,
FORGETTING FOR A FEW HOURS,
THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE THE FIELD.
THIS GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO
LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING.
Reporter: THE COACH GREW UP
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLAYED
FOR THE CHARMER -- FOR THE
CHARGERS AS A CHILD.
Reporter: JASON HEARD THE
TEAM IS BEING DISBANDED BECAUSE
OF A LACK OF INTEREST.
HE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO
HELP, VOLUNTEERING BY GOING
DOOR TO DOOR TO RECORD --
RECRUIT PLAYERS.
THE TEAM PRACTICES THREE TIMES
A WEEK AND THE PLAYERS AREN'T
COMPLAINING.
THEY ARE MY FAVORITE COACHES
IN THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY
ALWAYS MAKE US FEEL GOOD.
Reporter: MONDAY, THE KIDS
WERE CHEERED ON BY A FORMER
MAYOR.
MAYOR HANCOCK TOOK THE COACH'S
HAND AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS
COMMITMENT TO THE KIDS.
15 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL
BE TALKING ABOUT THESE COACHES
JUST LIKE ARE STILL TALK ABOUT
MINE.
Reporter: AS THE MAYOR POSED
FOR PICTURES WITH THE TEAM,