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Play Ball! National Little League Starts New Season

Teams gathered under sunny skies for the opening ceremony of the Newark National Little League Saturday.

Sunny skies greeted Newark National Little League teams at for the league's opening day ceremony Saturday.

KTVU Channel 2 Traffic Reporter Sal Castaneda threw the first pitch of the season and the Badz Boyz of BBQ fed hungry players and families.

Before the opening ceremony, the Challenger Diamondbacks played against the Challenger Mariners in a game designed for special needs players and their friends from other Newark National teams.

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Next, the Giants played against the Brewers in their first game for 2011.

According to the league's website, the Giants won Saturday, 11-0.

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