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# When It’s Too Cold to Play Ball Outside

December 10, 2014 1 min read 

### Remember the Polar Vortex? That was the cold, cold, cold spell that froze much of the nation a few weeks ago. So, what do you do when it’s cold outside and your kids are inside and they want to play ball? Here’s what we did. Click here for my Parents Magazine post this month

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