Manny Mota Baseball Clinic

SDP2003063003 - Camp Pendleton, June 30 (UPI) --San Diego Padres Pitcher Trevor Hoffman signs autographs for Ensign Joshua Scott during the Los Angeles Dodgers Coach Manny Mota's Baseball Clinic held at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corp base in Oceanside, Calif., on June 30 2003. rlw/ESC/EARL S. CRYER UPI

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