First in an occasional series. Anthony Player crossed Erie Street, holding his 5-year-old son's hand as the baseball diamonds at North Camden's Pyne Poynt Park came into view. Giovanni was starting to wilt after walking more than a mile from Camden's City Hall under the hot midday sun, but he perked up at the sight of the field. "You be proud of yourself," Player, 33, urged Giovanni as they walked together amid a sea of children dressed in the brightly colored uniforms of the North Camden Little League for last weekend's opening-day parade. "You did it! You put in the effort. Now the fun starts." Not long ago, before the county cleaned up the land, before Player brought...
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