Jennie Finch holds the Stand Beside Her Tour at the University of Arizona to help teach young players the basics of softball
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- Alexia Jorge was 3 years old when she started playing baseball. When her father needed one more player for her 5-year-old brother’s T-ball team, he turned to his daughter, not knowing where it might lead. Once Jorge started, there was no stopping her. From T-ball to ...
NEW ORLEANS -- The college players who are currently participating in the Andre Dawson Classic in New Orleans most likely have spent much of their lives hoping to someday carve out a career in pro baseball. That’s typical of most youngsters, after all. But the reality is, most of the ...
Announced on National Girls & Women in Sports Day, the Jennie Finch Empowerment Award presented by ARM & HAMMER returns in 2020
The first GRIT event in San Francisco is held for U18 girls looking to advance their baseball careers
NEW ORLEANS -- Hopes, dreams and having fun. Those were the basic elements of the celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day staged Saturday by Major League Baseball at the MLB Youth Academy at Wesley Barrow Stadium. A morning MLB Play Ball event for boys and girls age ...
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- As the Super Bowl played out on Sunday in South Florida, a couple of hours up the road, approximately 20 youth baseball players were putting together their own kind of big hits at another famous venue. And they were all girls. “This is great, not a ...
Members of the USA Softball team visit New York City to promote their Stand Beside Her Tour
NEW YORK -- Ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Visiting Major League Baseball’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Taking a VIP tour atop the Empire State Building. Any one of those activities would be a day to remember. All of them make up a day that will ...
Tony Reagins and Aubree Munro speak at the U.S. Conference of Mayors about the importance of Play Ball and the "Stand by Her" tour
USA Olympic softball players Haley McCleney and Cat Osterman join Hot Stove to discuss softball returning to the Olympics in 2020 and more
WASHINGTON -- Seeing the past two Summer Olympics happen, Cat Osterman says, was “hard to watch” from the sidelines. One of the most accomplished pitchers in the history of professional softball, Osterman played a key role in both the United States’ gold medal victory at the 2004 Athens Games and ...
Four players from the MLB Tour have been invited to the Dream Series, an initiative to identify high school players for advanced programs
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The son of a former Major Leaguer, Marquis Grissom Jr. was born into baseball. Grissom spent the first part of his life learning the game. He has spent the last 3 1/2 years fine-tuning those skills through MLB developmental programs like the Dream Series. In a few ...
Chris Archer stops by the Major League Baseball Dream Series and provides insight on the game to young aspiring professionals
Former manager Mike Scioscia joins Chris Russo on High Heat to discuss the Dream Series, Joe Maddon and the Astros
Druw Jones, son of Andruw Jones, joins the show from the Dream Series in Arizona to talk about the camp as well as watching his father play
Ron Washington joins the show from Tempe, Arizona to discuss the 4th annual Dream Series, a development camp for high school-age players
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Chase Davis has the type of handshake that can dislocate a shoulder and cut off the circulation in the hand of unsuspecting new friends. His grin is magnetic. His energy is infectious. The voice booms. And that’s just Davis' normal demeanor. He was really pumped Thursday night ...
Carlos Carrasco joins Hot Stove to discuss participating in the Play Ball event in Tampa and his incredible comeback last season
TAMPA -- As Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco took part in the Play Ball event during the World Series at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, he immediately knew that he wanted to bring the same level of joy to the kids in the Tampa Bay area, where he resides during the offseason. ...
Carlos Carrasco, Carlos Pena and others discuss the importance of the Play Ball event in Tampa and giving back to the community
Former and current Major and Minor Leaguers come out to the Bahamas to enjoy a special Play Ball event
Shed Long talks about teaching baseball to kids at the Play Ball event in the Bahamas and the future of the game
Bo and his dad Dante Bichette join Hot Stove to talk about the Play Ball event from the Bahamas, their relationship and more
