KIDS GOT A CHANCE TO COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ONE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD’S BIGGEST STARS. REPORTER: IT WAS A PERFECT DAY FOR BASEBALL AT THE URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY. LITTLE LEAGUERS CATCHING POP FLIES AND CLAMORING FOR A PICTURE WITH ROYALS MASCOT SLUGGER. DENNIS: THAT IS UNTIL THE REAL STAR OF THE DAY ARRIVED. >> DON’T BE NERVOUS, I’M GOING TO TAKE IT EASY. DENNIS: SUPERSTAR JENNIFER HUDSON COULD WE KNOW HER AS AN AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND ACTRESS, BUT YOU CAN ADD GOOD SPORT TO THE LIST. >> I HAVE BEEN NEEDING THIS EXERCISE. DENNIS: HUDSON STRETCHED, SHE HIGH STEPPED, RAN HERSELF INTO A LATHER. DO NOT CALL HER A DIVA, SHE WAS JUST GETTING WARMED UP AND HAVING A BALL WITH THE KIDS. HUDSON TOSSED BALLS TO WARM UP FOR HER APPEARANCE DURING OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT THE ROYALS GAME AND UNLIKE HER SINGING, A FEW OF THE THROWS WERE A LITTLE OFF THE MARK. HUDSON AT A HUGE SURPRISE FOR THE KIDS DONATING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN EQUIPMENT, AND THEN SHE GOT THIS SURPRISE FROM THE MAYOR. >> HOW ABOUT WE CREATE A WHO -- NEW HOLIDAY AND IT’S GOING TO BE CALLED JENNIFER HUDSON DAY? DENNIS: A PERFECT ENDING TO THE DAY, BUT NO VISIT FROM JENNIFER HUDSON IS COMPLETE WITHOUT SAYING. AND WITH A SMALL -- A SMILE AND A SONG, HUDSON WAS GONE. YOU COULD TELL BY THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES AS SHE RODE AWAY THAT LOTS OF FUN WAS HAD TODAY. WHO KNOWS, ONE DAY THESE KIDS COULD PLAY ON IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEIR BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL CAREERS, THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT JENNIFER HUDSON