Athletes play annual 100-inning baseball game in Quincy for ALS research

Dozens of athletes launched the 23rd annual “100 Innings of Baseball” at Adams Park in Quincy on Saturday to raise money for ALS research. The 100-inning event, organized by the Angel Fund for ALS Research, has been running since 2004 and has grown into a major fundraiser for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Player Brett Rudy said the first year generated $100,000. The CDC estimates nearly 35,000 people live with ALS in the U.S. Angel Fund president Rich Kennedy, diagnosed 10 years ago, and Walter Bentson, who was diagnosed in 1999, spoke about the toll of the disease. Over two decades, the game has raised more than $1 million.