Tee-baller to meet the president

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ð WASHINGTON D.C. TO MEET THE PRESIDENT AND PLAY YOUR FAVORITE SPORT ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. FOR A LITTLE ALBUQUERQUE TEE- BALLER ... ALL OF THAT WILL COME TRUE LATER THIS MONTH. SHELTON DODSON IS HERE WITH HIS STORY... SHELTON: IT'S FITTING THAT ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT OUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND OUR NATIONAL PASS TIME -- BASEBALL. AND FOR FIVE YEAR OLD JAYDEN FERRAN -- HE'S ABOUT TO ROLL IT ALL INTO ONE WHEN HE GETS TO PLAY TEE-BALL ON THE WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN: FIVE YEAR OLD JAYDEN FERRAN IS NOT MUCH FOR INTERVIEWS BUT PUT HIM ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND AND HIS HEAD SPINS. : : : ALONG WITH THE REST OF HIS BODY. JAYDEN'S FIRST DAY OF BASEBALL GOT OFF TO A BAD START... WHEN A BALL BLOODIED HIS NOSE. : 'Most kids would be done at that point, I was a little scared, and he just -- within five minutes of the blood coming out we were able to clean up and he was back out like nothing ever happened.' AND -- AS YOU'LL SEE -- SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. : 'Oh, not another nose bleed'BUT ONE PITCH LATER, JAYDEN GOT EVEN. : JAYDEN'S LITTLE LEAGUE COACH WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIM THAT HE WROTE A LETTER RECOMMENDING THAT JAYDEN PLAY HERE... ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT BUSH. WHEN BRENDA RECEIVED AN E-MAIL TELLING HER THAT HER SON HAD BEEN SELECTED ...SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. : 'I had to read it a couple of times before it set in and I was excited.'AS FOR JAYDEN... HE HAD OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT MEETING THE PRESIDENT. : 'Afterwards he kind of... the White House, the President, does he have toys .' BRENDA SAYS IT'S BOTH EXCITING AND HUMBLING THAT HER SON WILL REPRESENT NEW MEXICO AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MAKING THIS ONE TRIP THAT WILL BRING HOME A LIFETIME MEMORY FOR BOTH MOTHER AND SON. : 'Just the excitement of him doing this...the opportunity of a lifetime.' JAYDEN'S GRANDFATHER HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME TEACHING HIS GRANDSON THE GAME. HE WILL BE JOINING BRENDA AND JAYDEN IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE GAME ON JULY 16TH.  « Less