Manthey Park - Owatonna Miracle League

Video features the inclusive playground and Miracle League baseball field at Manthey Park in Owatonna Minnesota.

[video: scene fades into a large park sign with large beam framing. The sign reads “Manthey Park”. fast-paced piano music plays in the background. Camera switches to a bird’s eye view of the parks parking lot filled with cars surrounded by three baseball fields. The camera pans away to an inclusive playground down the sidewalk from the baseball fields. Scene switches to a ground view across the playground. The camera pans across the play area as children play on the many playground activities.]

[video: several parents stand by and watch children spin on a two-level globe shaped spinner. Camera switches to a full top-down view of the inclusive playground play area equipped with multiple play structures and other stand-alone activities. Scene switches to a view across the playground of two girls teetering back and forth on a four-person inclusive seesaw. A man and woman stand close to the seesaw looking out and around the play area. The camera focuses on a girl with glasses and tie-dyed designed helmet as she rides up and down on the seesaw.]

[video: with a slightly elevated view of the play area, children run and play on the spinners and climbers of the playground. The camera pans over a zipline like play structure on the playground. A boy rides the zip line swing up to the landing zone where two girls stand and wait their turn. Scene switches to a man sitting on the bench of an inclusive glider next to a young boy seated in his wheelchair. The camera focuses on the boy as he smiles and claps with excitement. Scene switches back to an elevated panning view of children playing all over the play area of the park. The camera focuses on the globe shaped spinner again as a boy runs to rotate it while another boy rides. Scene switches to a father as he spins an inclusive seated spinner. Two children lounge on the spinner as they are gently spun. Scene switches as the camera focuses on a young girl as she sits in a large green swing.]

[video: a girl rides down a twisted slide. As she reaches the bottom her hair stands up from the static electricity. Camera switches to a full panning view from right to left of the entire Manthey Park playground and baseball fields. Scene fades to black and back into a panning view of a chain link fence lined with baseball bats and helmets. The camera pans the inclusive baseball field made of safety and inclusive surfacing. Children run and play catch all over the field. The camera focuses on a boy in the batter’s box. The boy swings at the pitched ball and makes contact. The crowd cheers as he drops the bat and runs to first base. Camera switches to an elevated view of the inner field of the ball field. Players run the bases while others field grounders and play catch.]

[video: a girl runs down the first base line, she hands of the bat to a nearby coach as she jogs to first base. The crowd cheers her on. As the girl stands on first base a woman comes over to give her a high five. Camera switches to a view behind the pitcher as they under hand pitch the ball to the batter. The batter a young boy swings making contact sending the ball down the third base line. The crowd cheers as he runs to first base. The camera pulls back for a full elevated view of the field where players of all abilities wait at their positions. The crowd cheers in the background. The camera focuses on a girl as she throws a softball off camera. Scene switches to a child wearing a tie dye helmet as they stand in a bent ready position next to a woman in the same position. Scene switches to a man as he stands with his hand resting on the back handle of a boy’s wheelchair. They have a conversation while waiting in the field for the next play. The camera focuses on the boy in his wheelchair as he smiles and waves to the camera. Camera switches to a view behind a girl batter as she swings her bat to hit the ball. The crowd cheers as she runs down the first base line out of the cameras view. Scene switches to another child as they run down the first base line. A girl batter walks up to the batter’s box, in slow motions she taps the end of her bat on home plate as she readies herself for the pitch. She steps forward making contact with the ball. The crowd cheers in the background as she drops her bat and begins running to first base. The scene fades in and out to black as the same batter runs down the third base line kneeling down to touch home plate with her left hand. She jumps up with joy while taking off her batter’s helmet. She tosses her batting helmet up and catches it as the scene fades to black once again.]

[video: scene fades into a full elevated view of the parks parking lot and surrounding baseball fields. Children stand in their positions on the inclusive Miracle League field. The screen fades to white and the Flagship Recreation logo fades into the center of the screen. The logo disappears as black text appears center screen reading “with”. The text vanishes as black line appears in the center of the screen. The Miracle League logo slides out to the right of the black line. Then the Landscape Structures logo slides out from the left of the line. The black line shrinks into itself and turns into a plus sign. Text below both logos read “For a better tomorrow we play today”. Screen fades to black and video ends.]