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Loney’s Lounge
It’s a rare opportunity to play Mario Kart,
rock Band and Wii Baseball with a Major
Leaguer, but James Loney has made it happen
regularly. and he’s brought some friends along
to help him out.
For the fourth consecutive season, Loney
hosted the Loney’s Lounge Video Game Party
at Dodger stadium. Loney invited a group of
kids from reviving Baseball in Inner Cities
(rBI) Los angeles for the aug. 28 event.
Loney is an alumnus of rBI Houston who
has given back to the program the last four
years through his Loney’s Lounge initiative,
which invites kids to catch a game and meet
him on the field. During the season Loney also
invites children and adults affected by aLs
and Muscular Dystrophy to Dodger games
and meets with them during batting practice.
The annual video game party allows kids to
play and mingle with Dodgers after catching a
game at Dodger stadium, and this year Loney
was joined by teammates Clayton Kershaw,
Javy Guerra and Kenley Jansen.
“No matter where you’re coming from, to
come to a ballpark and get to hang out with
some players, I know I would have loved to do
that as a kid,” said Kershaw. “It’s just fun.”
Loney acknowledged how deserving the kids
were. Back in the day, he was just like them.
“It’s a great program for these kids to be out
here and get this experience at such a young
age. and the program itself is good,” he said.
(Above): Loney and this youngster belt out some high notes.
(Right): Kershaw played Wii Baseball with these youngsters.
20 community report
With Loney on vocals and Kershaw on the drums, the Dodgers rocked the house with the RBI youngsters.
James Loney and Clayton Kershaw were joined by youngsters from RBI – Los
Angeles at the Loney’s Lounge Video Game Party on Aug. 28.