The co-founder of a baseball league tells ABC15 that the City of Phoenix is forcing them to not play this season. However, the city says that is not the case.
"I feel really excited and wanting to always try my best to not mess up a lot,” said 9-year-old Angie Leyva.
'Field of Dreams' is about a week away from starting its next season. Aguiniga feels, at this point, that the children in her league are about to lose even though she's ready to expand the league to other city parks.She says the city wants to charge her $10,000 for insurance. But, since founding the league, she says the teams have played at Alkire Park, near 15th Avenue and Buckeye Road, for free as part of an informal agreement confirmed by the city.
A spokesman for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department tells ABC15 it has reached out to 'Field of Dreams' to work with them, but has not heard back. The spokesman said the city is offering a new grant program that could help cover fees. "I mean, we were sleeping in the car and this was our way out. This is the way out for a lot of the kids in our program,” added Aguiniga."We are going to keep doing it. We started with 12 like she says and we will continue,” said Romero.“For our kids to play, have fun and find friends,” added Romero.The Parks and Recreation Department has always operated in good faith with Field of Dreams who is one of our valued partners.
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