by Dave Delgado

Guam - Strike Zone is currently holding their grand opening for their new facility, which holds batting cages and a retail shop. They are located right across the Micronesia Mall and are open 7 days a week catering to baseball and softball enthusiasts. Rain or shine players of all ages and skill levels can take there game to the next level.

Bill Bennett with Strike Zone said, "Hitters can come in and hit by purchasing tokens and it gives them 10 pitches and they can hit at their leisure time. They can also come in and purchase time play and cage rental. They can rent the cage anywhere from 1 to 2 hours and then the machines will pitch continuously. The teams that come in are using the time play and they will use 2 to 3 hours of hitting straight. You can see behind me is the hitting range, which is 4 machines, automated hitting range and it is 3,600 square feet with 4 machines and automatic retrieval system. The machines are set now on baseball for 40-miles per hour up to 90-miles per hour and we have one slow pitch machine for the slow pitch players."

Established in 2001, Strike Zone continues to serve the baseball and softball needs on the island and in the region through providing high quality equipment, reliable offering training services, and promoting support and community involvement. As part their commitment to promote active lifestyles and sports participation, they are offering free batting sessions to all patrons dressed in any sports uniform during the grand opening celebration until June 9th. Anyone looking to test their skills in the batting cages will be able to do so absolutely free when they wear their uniforms to the batting cages.

Bennett added, "The feedback from our guests that come in is the awareness to the sport; more people want to play because batting cage facilities are for leisure time. So a lot of the younger kids and older kids are getting hooked on the game so it's good to promote the game of baseball and softball. We also have the competitive players that want to get better, they come in and use the facility and get their swings in and work on their mechanics. I think overall it's the buzz of baseball and softball and other things to do and other ways to play the game."