DALLAS -- The next generation of baseball was empowered to dream big after Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick visited the Texas Rangers Youth Baseball Academy in Dallas on Saturday. Kendrick has served as the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for twelve years and has made it

VERO BEACH, Fla. -- When walking around the spacious Jackie Robinson Training Complex, it is hard not to be overwhelmed by various feelings that arise when thinking about the great Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers teams that trained here during Spring Training. Adversity certainly came into play during those balmy

Major League Baseball and Nike, Inc. (Nike) on Friday announced Nike as the presenting sponsor of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Program, MLB’s youth initiative to provide baseball and softball playing opportunities for young people in underserved communities. This formal dynamic is aligned with the existing global partnership

Major League Baseball and Nike, Inc. (Nike) today announced Nike as the presenting sponsor of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Program, MLB’s youth initiative to provide baseball and softball playing opportunities for young people in underserved communities. This formal dynamic is aligned with the existing global partnership of

“Cystic fibrosis -- battles that bring blessings.” This is the phrase that Emersyn Drollinger, a 14-year-old Make-A-Wish youth from Idaho, lives by every single day. Her health condition, which could be viewed as a negative, turned into a major positive when she recently used her wish to bless others. Emersyn

MIAMI -- This was no ordinary trip around the bases. Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames missed first base by a good 20 feet, taking a shortcut as he playfully circled the diamond with some of the 120 kids who came out on Friday morning for a free baseball clinic hosted

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- It has been a busy week for Bo Bichette, and Spring Training hasn’t even started yet. As the ink was drying on Bichette’s three-year, $33.6 million contract with the Blue Jays, the star shortstop was hosting a PLAY BALL event at Wildwood Park in nearby St. Petersburg.

As over 40 young women took the field in Conshohocken, Pa., to demonstrate their baseball skills, one name came up again and again, someone whom many of them aspire to be like: Olivia Pichardo. Pichardo is weeks away from suiting up for her first game with Brown University as the

TEMPE, Ariz. -- “When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace. When it’s vain to try to dodge it, Do the best that you can do; You may fail, but you may

TEMPE, Ariz. -- With the decline of Black baseball players at the amateur level in recent years, the number of starting pitchers has decreased along with it. But the DREAM Series is looking to remedy that. Hosted in Tempe, Ariz., during Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, the event provides an

Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. jointly announced Tuesday the launch of the "HBCU Swingman Classic,” an annual All-Star experience for baseball student-athletes from Division-I programs at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU). The philanthropic & educational event,

Jose Trevino has played on some of baseball’s biggest stages: under the bright lights in the Bronx, in the All-Star Game, in the postseason. But even so, the Yankees catcher was still filled with nerves before surprising the Uvalde Little League team over the weekend. A native of South Texas,

CHICAGO -- As a young man with an abundance of baseball talent, Corey Ray had a plan. The native of the South Side of Chicago was going to use the game as a tool to get an education. “With ACE, I was allowed to do just that,” said the fifth

VERO BEACH, Fla. -- As the second event of the Softball Breakthrough Series got underway Friday at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex (JRTC), coach Monica Harrison could relate to what the 44 participating players from around the country were going through. The Pennsylvania native has been there, done that. In

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Though players making up the elite MLB College Showcase roster have had their share of acclimating to a new country and new teammates, there’s nothing as familiar as stepping into the batting cage and digging in. After one week working with U.S. coaches, the 28 international prospects

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Through the generations, young baseball players from all over the world have always come up the pipeline. And they are perhaps getting better. The MLB College Showcase is making a post-pandemic return for the first time in three years, bringing 28 players under age 20 and representing

Seven months after holding its annual ceremony virtually due to precautions with the pandemic, the Academic Excellence Team, part of Major League Baseball's Compton Youth Academy, held its commemorative ceremony in person on Saturday at the Compton Youth Academy. The tradition awards student-athletes who had a GPA of 3.2 or

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For the fourth time in 17 years, the state of Hawaii is home to the Little League World Series champion. Honolulu Little League (Honolulu, Hawaii) took home the crown with a 13-3 win over Pabao Little League (Willemstad, Curaçao) at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pa., on Sunday.

Alongside a large scale backpack and sneaker giveaway, the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Queens, N.Y., hosted an MLB-sponsored, introductory-level baseball and softball event for children on Saturday. Hundreds gathered for the interactive Play Ball experience -- part of the MLB initiative that encourages youth to play baseball and softball.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The local library’s fiction section just doesn’t do it for Ana Gonzalez. She enjoys reading self-help books. Maybe Gonzalez, a class of 2024 second baseman from Midlothian, Texas, should write some self-help books, too. “I love her positive energy,” Jennie Finch said. “She's not going to be

More than 30,000 kids from Boys & Girls Clubs across the country will soon be stepping up to the plate with “Fun At Bat After School,” a major expansion of the free bat-and-ball instruction program co-sponsored by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. In an exclusive collaboration with Boys &

Say hello to Aydin Jeffress. He plays for the Gillette Little League All-Star team representing Wyoming in the Mountain Region of the Little League World Series, and he is the definition of country strong. In Sunday’s Opening Round game versus Snow Canyon, Utah, Jeffress blasted a no-doubt, two-run homer in

ATLANTA -- In recent years, the Hank Aaron Invitational has hosted and developed some elite talent -- star Braves rookie Michael Harris II and four first-round picks from the 2022 MLB Draft including Termarr Johnson and Elijah Green are among the recent alumni. Time will tell if someone from the

ATLANTA -- Sunday’s Hank Aaron Invitational was a big moment for Florida high school shortstop George Lombard Jr., since he got to perform at a showcase on a Major League field. But it was especially sweet because of whom he got to meet before the game at Truist Park. Lombard’s