need to know is the oldest, continuously dumbly african-american baseball team for children isn't james mosher. we literally have 16 baseball field in west baltimore. not baltimore city got just in west baltimore. you can't live because the crest is to become a three feet high. the reason we know that baseball fields, they have what's called ask doctor goes on the metal facilities behind. it's not that we necessarily don't have -- we have the space. it's not maintained, but i didn't want us to get away from what matthew a. henson neighborhood consisted of the most important, and that is our children and their education. we have our vice principal here, ms. scroggins. to have some things that we feel are imperative to help them continue teaching our scholars that we have here. when you look at the fact that our classes are so large, it's a wonder that they're doing to america but they're doing and that's what they're doing, creating miracles. i want you turn it over if i could have let ms. scroggins at least share with the school feels they need that they are not getting. >> good evening. doc i

it would help james mosher. two beautiful little he feels. when kids turned 13 they run out of places to play. the councilman talks about not having adequate places. west baltimore does not have a baseball field. they have a division one baseball team and don't have a a baseball field. they travel around the country -- around the county we talk a lot about food and help. as a metaphor for the inequality that we have here. >> senator, i want to try to hit's entire with education. the oldest continuous predominantly african-american baseball team for children. we literally have 16 baseball fields in west baltimore. you can't play on it. the reason we know they are baseball fields because they have what is called the backstop the metal facilities behind. it is not that we necessarily do not have -- [inaudible conversations] >> it is not maintained. i did not want to get away from what is considered to be the most important for our children and the education. we have a vice principal here. they have some things that we feel are imperative to help