BUTLER TWP — The Potter Tour is trying to set a Guinness world record Wednesday and Alameda Park will play a role in it.

Jeff Potter runs the Potter Tour, a group of kids from Pennsylvania and neighboring states put together to spend a summer month making stops in those regions to play pick-up baseball games, put on clinics and do charitable work in the community.

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, via numerous sites across the country coming together virtually, Potter hopes to break the Guinness record for most people playing catch with a baseball at one time.

The record is 1,944, set in Chicago in 2017.

“We've probably got 30 or 40 organized sites right now,” Potter said of Wednesday's event. “And a lot of people are doing their own thing, which is fine.

“People can go play catch in their backyard and be part of this effort. All they have to do is register.”

Butler's Alameda Park will be one of those sites.

Maribeth Wethli, an East Butler resident whose son, Gavin, is part of the Potter Tour, is coordinating the Alameda Park portion of this record attempt.

Anyone interested in participating may call Wethli at 724-290-7092 or email her at brownidegirl1015@gmail.com. Proceeds from the event will benefit CureSearch, an organization that does research on pediatric cancer.

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