Yogi Berra, the Yankees and the biggest game of catch ever

"Hundreds of people, young, old and wearing matching commemorative T-shirts, just finished dancing the "YMCA" on the field at Yogi Berra Stadium at Montclair State University. Little League teams, former MLB players and local politicians laugh and clutch their gloves as volunteers hand out souvenir baseballs. Yankees organist Ed Alstrom plays "Charge!" from a stage in center field, and the crowd responds on cue."

"The current record is 972 pairs, set eight years ago in Illinois. On its face, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest game of catch sounds simple: Gather a couple thousand people, pair them up and ask them to toss baseballs back and forth for five minutes. Doing it, however, is anything but easy."

At Yogi Berra Stadium at Montclair State University hundreds of people gathered wearing commemorative T-shirts, danced "YMCA" and prepared for a mass game of catch. Little League teams, former MLB players, local politicians and volunteers handed out souvenir baseballs while Yankees organist Ed Alstrom played. Willie Randolph said Yogi loved bringing people together and made everyone feel like family. Organizers aimed to break the Guinness World Record for the largest game of catch, with the current record at 972 pairs. Eve Schaenen coordinated the effort and Guinness adjudicator Michael Empric warned many mass-attendance attempts fail.

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