Our Space Our Place, Inc, invites families with blind and visually impaired youth ages 6-18 to spend the morning of Saturday, June 12 playing Beep Baseball!
Beep baseball is a form of baseball adapted for the visually impaired.
The game is played with standard softball bats, a ball which emits an audible beep tone, and two bases which emit an audible buzzing sound. All players are blindfolded to equalize each player’s degree of visual impairment.
Join us. Hit the ball off the T; Play Short Stop, First Base, Left Field
Run to the bases; Hit a home run
When: Saturday June 12, 2010
Where: Cleveland Circle at Chestnut Hill Park/Cassidy Playground – located at the corner of Beacon street and Chestnut Hill Drive in Brookline
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Let us know whether you will be there.
RSVP by the week of June 7.
Phone: (617) 459-4084
Website: www.ourspaceourplace.org
Driving Directions: Take Rt 9 Eastbound to Chestnut Hill Drive. Take a left onto Chestnut Hill Drive, and follow to the end (where there’s a train
Station on right). At this major intersection (Beacon Street) take a left on Beacon. The field will be on your left
Public Transportation: Take the Green “C” Line to Cleveland Circle. The park is across the street.
Meg Robertson COMS
Director
Orientation & Mobility Department
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
48 Boylston St.
Boston MA 02116-4718
Meg.Robertson@state.ma.us
617-626-7581
