Levi Mailhot winds up Monday afternoon to hit a pine cone his great-grandfather Wayne pitches to him at Lakeview Fields off Garcelawn Road in Auburn. They had two bags of cones of various sizes and shapes mixed in with all sorts of balls of differing shapes, colors, sizes and weights to keep the youngster interested with less downtime shagging balls. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Levi Mailhot winds up Monday afternoon to hit a pine cone his great-grandfather Wayne pitches to him at Lakeview Fields off Garcelawn Road in Auburn. They had two bags of cones of various sizes and shapes mixed in with all sorts of balls of differing shapes, colors, sizes and weights to keep the youngster interested with less downtime shagging balls. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal