That’s what I assessed. Black folks made baseball cool and built interest. Marlins is surrounded by Cubans and none of them go.
A-rod says baseball needs more African Americans
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MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation tops $31 million in total grant funding
NEW YORK – Today, the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (YDF) announced its full roster of 2023 grant recipients, benefitting 36 communities, in 24 states with over $3.6 million in funding. Recipients ranged from the NYC Police Foundation to the Parkwood Community Club in Nashville and Snug...
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MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation tops $31 million in total grant funding
Dec 19, 2023NEW YORK – Today, the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (YDF) announced its full roster of 2023 grant recipients, benefitting 36 communities, in 24 states with over $3.6 million in funding. Recipients ranged from the NYC Police Foundation to the Parkwood Community Club in Nashville and Snug Harbor Little League, all who received the funding and support of impact-driving programs that contribute to the growth and development of youth baseball and softball across the country.
In 2023, grants presented by YDF ranged from as large as $1 million to $3,000, showcasing the foundation’s ability to scale and cater to communities, municipalities, and youth leagues of all sizes and needs. A complete list of grant recipients can be found below.
“Impacting local communities is at the heart of what YDF strives to do,” YDF Executive Director Jean Lee Batrus said. “Providing funds for lights, fields, baseballs and softballs, and so much more, allows every young athlete across the country the opportunity to play baseball or softball and be exposed to the performance and early development opportunities that diamond sports offer.”
2023 MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation Grant Recipients
• 23Club Baseball (Scottsbluff, Nebraska)
• Black College Championships, LLC (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Boys & Girls Club Seymour (Seymour, Indiana)
• Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
• Buck Leonard Association for Sports & Human Enrichment (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)
• Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (Buffalo, New York)
• But God Ministries (Jonestown, Mississippi)
• Can Play (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Chouteau-Mazie Public Schools (Chouteau, Oklahoma)
• D Mountain Park & Recreation District (Del Norte, Colorado)
• Echols County Schools (Statenville, Georgia)
• Fort Thomas High School (Pima, Arizona)
• Galt Area Girls Softball (Galt, California)
• George Wythe High School (Wytheville, Virginia)
• Giants Community Fund (San Francisco, California)
• Grand River Area Family YMCA (Chillicothe, Missouri)
• Habitat for Humanity / Parkwood Community Club (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Hampton Roads PAL (Hampton Roads, Virginia)
• KIPP Metro Atlanta Collaborative (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Loris Recreation (Loris, South Carolina)
• Loyal To My Soil (Oakland, California)
• Madison County Board of Commissioners (Danielsville, Georgia)
• Milford Youth Athletics (Milford, New York)
• New Outlook Academy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• North Tyler Youth Baseball (Tyler, Texas)
• NYC Police Foundation (New York, New York)
• P.R.O Youth Foundation (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Peñasco Independent School District (Peñasco, New Mexico)
• Pitch In For Baseball & Softball (Warminster, Pennsylvania)
• Plattsmouth Baseball & Softball Association (Plattsmouth, Nebraska)
• Raymond Baseball & Softball Association (Raymond, Ohio)
• Russellville Youth Baseball Association (Russellville, Arkansas)
• Snug Harbor Little League (Staten Island, New York)
• The Summit Academy (Herman, Pennsylvania)
• Union School District (Union, New Jersey)
• Winter School District (Winter, Wisconsin)
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
I said this in the coliseum
Baseball nerds went in on me
Baseball nerds went in on me
The BasedFather
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Wish I would’ve stayed plying baseball when I was a kid. Played one season and said 
Like others said it’s just not a sport that attracts black youth like that. Football and basketball are where it’s at.
Like others said it’s just not a sport that attracts black youth like that. Football and basketball are where it’s at.
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Until they do something about these travel teams and specialized camps that make it prohibitively expensive for most minorities in the US, baseball will never see a meaningful increase in black American players.
It's not something that I think more money can solve, necessarily. You have to take money out of the system or put it in the right place.
The only way more money helps here is if you direct it to municipalities so that kids have a field to play on in the 1st place. Or Little Leagues are funded in a way that makes it easier for kids to get involved. But most towns don't even allow kids to set foot on a field unless there's a coach with a permit (which costs money) or they rent it out (which also costs money). Down south, even high school teams are funded with car washes and bake sales and other things. There's no systemic support. Football is probably the one outlier. But if you look at youth basketball or even youth hockey, it's insanely expensive.
So I don't think it's a matter of "interest".
And to be fair, in the post that @get these nets shared, there are municipalities and social clubs listed there. I just don't think yearly grants are sustainable and they are probably risky because there's no guarantee of consistency. How do you know they'll get that money 5 years from now?
I mean some of those places like Union, NJ have a household income over 100k a year. Unless I'm misunderstanding something. So who is that really helping?
The Summit Academy in Pennsylvania is a private school.
I'm just saying...
It's not something that I think more money can solve, necessarily. You have to take money out of the system or put it in the right place.
The only way more money helps here is if you direct it to municipalities so that kids have a field to play on in the 1st place. Or Little Leagues are funded in a way that makes it easier for kids to get involved. But most towns don't even allow kids to set foot on a field unless there's a coach with a permit (which costs money) or they rent it out (which also costs money). Down south, even high school teams are funded with car washes and bake sales and other things. There's no systemic support. Football is probably the one outlier. But if you look at youth basketball or even youth hockey, it's insanely expensive.
So I don't think it's a matter of "interest".
And to be fair, in the post that @get these nets shared, there are municipalities and social clubs listed there. I just don't think yearly grants are sustainable and they are probably risky because there's no guarantee of consistency. How do you know they'll get that money 5 years from now?
I mean some of those places like Union, NJ have a household income over 100k a year. Unless I'm misunderstanding something. So who is that really helping?
The Summit Academy in Pennsylvania is a private school.
I'm just saying...
Rakim Allah
Superstar
80s Black Little League Baseball was crackin out here L.A., friend.
