Harry displays royal pitch at baseball game
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June 28, 2010, Monday
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BRITAIN'S Prince Harry showed he can shoot. On the second day of his United States visit, New Yorkers got to see his arm.
After firing an M4 rifle during a training exercise last Friday at the US Military Academy at West Point, Harry threw out the first pitch at Saturday's baseball game between the New York Mets and the Minnesota Twins.
Wearing a white T-shirt and blue Mets cap, he sheepishly waved to the crowd as he stood on the top of the mound. He then shook his right arm several times and did a full body jiggle to loosen up.
The prince threw with some zip to Mets catcher Rod Barajas, who stood from his crouch to catch the throw that crossed the plate.
Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey gave Harry throwing advice about a half-hour before the game.
Earlier on Saturday, he visited UNICEF, where staff members briefed him on the UN agency's use of mapping technology to respond to crises such as the earthquake in Haiti.
The prince, the younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, began his three-day visit last Friday at West Point to look for ways British and US veterans charities can work together to support wounded troops returning home.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, arrived by helicopter uniformed in camouflage. He hopped on the back of a Humvee, swapped his light blue beret for a helmet and headed out for live-fire exercises on the firing range and field exercises in nearby woods.
Harry fired an M4 along with a team of West Point cadets involved in a firing range training exercise. He and the cadets shot at pop-up silhouette targets.
The prince changed into a dark suit for a reception later Friday for British and American veterans and their families at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
After firing an M4 rifle during a training exercise last Friday at the US Military Academy at West Point, Harry threw out the first pitch at Saturday's baseball game between the New York Mets and the Minnesota Twins.
Wearing a white T-shirt and blue Mets cap, he sheepishly waved to the crowd as he stood on the top of the mound. He then shook his right arm several times and did a full body jiggle to loosen up.
The prince threw with some zip to Mets catcher Rod Barajas, who stood from his crouch to catch the throw that crossed the plate.
Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey gave Harry throwing advice about a half-hour before the game.
Earlier on Saturday, he visited UNICEF, where staff members briefed him on the UN agency's use of mapping technology to respond to crises such as the earthquake in Haiti.
The prince, the younger son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, began his three-day visit last Friday at West Point to look for ways British and US veterans charities can work together to support wounded troops returning home.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, arrived by helicopter uniformed in camouflage. He hopped on the back of a Humvee, swapped his light blue beret for a helmet and headed out for live-fire exercises on the firing range and field exercises in nearby woods.
Harry fired an M4 along with a team of West Point cadets involved in a firing range training exercise. He and the cadets shot at pop-up silhouette targets.
The prince changed into a dark suit for a reception later Friday for British and American veterans and their families at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
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