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RVA Duck Fest Flocks to CarMax Park

Ducks are popular guests at Richmond’s new baseball stadium. So far this year, the Eastern League’s Flying Squirrels have hosted the Akron RubberDucks 12 times and sport a 10-2 home record against the accommodating Cleveland Guardians farm team.

The Squirrels are now biding their time after winning the first-half title and will host playoff games next month. They are hoping to capture a championship in their first season at CarMax Park, where they are one of the top draws in all of Minor League Baseball.

This weekend, however, the stadium will host smaller rubber ducks and different types of games. RVA Duck Fest makes its first appearance at the stadium on Saturday. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Autism Society of Central Virginia, which put on hundreds of programs for more than 11,000 participants last year.

In past years, the fundraiser has been centered around a race in a canal in downtown Richmond. That’s where the rubber ducks came in. Guests would purchase individual ducks, and the first across the finish line would win the grand prize.

The event moved to CarMax Park this year because downtown Brown’s Island is closed for renovations. The yearlong project will deliver $30 million worth of improvements to the island, including........

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