LARGO, Fla. — A group of kids is now able to say they read books with a professional baseball player from the Tampa Bay Rays.
Right-handed pitcher J.P. Feyereisen sat down Monday at the Largo Public Library to read several books to children who visited. The event was part of the "Reading with the Rays - Read Your Way to the Ballpark" program, which is a collaboration between the Tampa Bay team and Suncoast Credit Union.
The incentive reading program encourages pre-K up to high school seniors to read during the summer. Students can win prizes, including two free Rays tickets.
Kids can pick up their Reading with the Rays game card at a participating library or download a game card at RaysBaseball.com/Reading.
Since the start of the program in 2007, more than 400,000 children across nine counties have spent more than 2.55 million hours reading during the summer.
For more information about the program, click here.