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Mets' Brandon Nimmo hosts Little Leaguers for sandlot game in Queens

NEW YORK -- Nearly two dozen Little Leagues played a baseball game to remember Friday in Queens. The event was hosted by Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo.

It was far from 11-year-old Kenneth Diaz's regular baseball warmup.

"It's like the best day ever and I feel very excited," Kenneth told CBS2's Aundrea Cline-Thomas.

Nimmo joined Little Leaguers for a sandlot game at Hinton Park in Flushing. The players took the field after getting a pep talk from Nimmo.

"I tried to impress on them you never know where the game can take you if you keep having fun and have a passion for it," Nimmo said.