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At the Union Hill ballpark, some of the best sluggers from Minnesota town ball teams stepped up to the plate for a home run derby where the top prize is knowing they helped a little girl with a broken heart.

Minnesota cabinet maker turns out Home Town Bats A Home Town Bat is complete. (FOX 9) - Town ball over the years has become a big part of what binds together cities across greater Minnesota. It’s unique, and so are the bats that many players are using. Ted Nytes is a full-time cabinet maker and part-time baseball dreamer. He used to play town ball himself for the teams in Union City and New Prague. As a woodworker, he one day locked a piece of wood in a lathe and then turned his own baseball...