will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf1998-01-08-a WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Ethnicity/Culture, Illinois Culture/History, Sports, Danville, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Nate “Bo Bo” Smalls of the Danville Stars likes to think of his team as The Harlem Globetrotters of baseball. Smalls, a former Negro League player, dazzles Danville school children by throwing four pitches at once into the gloves of four different catchers. Yet the Stars pitch something else besides baseball hijinks when they take their show to elementary schools. They can be silly while doing baseball stunts, but they’re serious about taking an anti-drug, anti-gang message to kids. Prairie Fire features a look at the The Stars who feel it’s worth the effort if they can reach even one kid during a performance. “They likethe idea of being role models,” said WILL-TV producer Jack Kelly. Smalls, who played for the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro Leagues, also leads the players through a demonstration of “shadowball,” slow motion baseball without the ball. It’s ideal for the school gyms where the Stars perform. Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf1998-01-08 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Jack Kelly Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2008 University of Illinois 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf1998-01-08-a.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 51775 00:08:32 eng pf1998-01-08-a.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf1998-01-08-a.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:08:32 eng pf1998-01-08-a.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 1998-01-08T09:54:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf1998-01-08-a.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:08:32 eng pf1998-01-08-a.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois