Photo feature: Natchez T-ballers ready to take title

Published 12:07 am Friday, July 24, 2015

Dylan Bailey holds up a number one while gathering for a group picture with his Natchez All Star teammates before traveling to Hattiesburg for the Mississippi Dixie Youth Baseball Invitational T-Ball World Series. The group of six-year-olds will compete in the invitational, which runs from July 23-26. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)

Dylan Bailey holds up a number one while gathering for a group picture with his Natchez All Star teammates before traveling to Hattiesburg for the Mississippi Dixie Youth Baseball Invitational T-Ball World Series. The group of six-year-olds will compete in the invitational, which runs from July 23-26. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)

Nicholas Mascagni gives a thumb up as his family drives off with a caravan of other cars to go to the series. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)

Nicholas Mascagni gives a thumb up as his family drives off with a caravan of other cars to go to the series. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)

The parents of T-Ball players painted signs on their cars celebrating their children being invited to the tournament. At top right. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)

The parents of T-Ball players painted signs on their cars celebrating their children being invited to the tournament. At top right. (Sam Gause / Natchez Democrat)