Hawkins at Play Ball event in hometown

Play Ball heads to LaTroy Hawkins' hometown of Gary, Indiana and the retired reliever discusses the importance of Little League baseball

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PDP League announcement tour

Harold Reynolds, Scott Brosius and Mick Abel discuss the Prospect Development Pipeline League

USA Baseball's PDP League recognizes top high school 2020 Draft prospects

A group of the most talented high school players in the country will soon head to Bradenton, Fla., to participate in a prestigious baseball development program hosted by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. In the weeks leading up to the event, several of those players have been celebrated with ...

Play Ball: Edwin Encarnacion demo

Edwin Encarnacion walks us through his iconic "parrot walk" home run trot with Carlos Pena

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Haniger explains his nickname

Mariners’ Mitch Haniger explains his nickname on MLB Network’s “Play Ball,” premiering May 11 at 10:00 a.m. ET

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MLB London Series to feature youth events

MLB and Mitel announced Monday afternoon that the 2019 London Series will include several free, family-friendly events and activities in London during the week. The activities for the week will include a baseball cultural festival called “London Yards" that will feature baseball virtual reality interactives, shops and food specialties from ...

MLB Youth Academy travel teams succeeding

It's not long after dawn on Monday, April 29, when the 13-U and 12-U travel teams from the Major League Baseball Youth Academy in New Orleans return home, fresh off a National Youth Baseball Championships qualifier tournament in Grapevine, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Both teams fared well in their ...

Pham joins Play Ball

Tommy Pham discusses his path to the Major Leagues and more with Dan Plesac on Play Ball

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Morton gives demo on Play Ball

Charlie Morton joins Dan Plesac on Play Ball to give a demo on his pitching mechanics

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MLB celebrates Earth Day

MLB celebrates Earth Day, with teams and players around the league raising awareness to support environmental protection

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Rajcic, Rodriguez on PDP

Max Rajcic and Christian Rodriguez talk about being invited to play in the Prospect Development Pipeline league

MLB, USA Baseball honor top high school players

A group of the most talented high school players in the country will soon head to Bradenton, Fla., to participate in a prestigious baseball development program, hosted by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball. In the weeks leading up to this event, several of those players will be celebrated with ...

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Play Ball: Fernando Tatis Jr.

Padres rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. explains what he learned growing up around the game on MLB Network’s Play Ball

MLB brings Play Ball to Charlotte, Montana

Since the inception of Major League Baseball's Play Ball initiative in 2015, the goal has been to bring the game to the kids -- no matter where they live. That meant expanding the outreach beyond Major League cities. MLB got the U.S. Conference of Mayors involved, and they all pledged ...

Play Ball Initiative

Young boys and girls take place in this year's Play Ball Initiative from Charlotte, North Carolina

Vlad Jr. demos his swing

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joins Carlos Pena on Play Ball and demonstrates his swing and approach at the plate

MLB announces Jennie Finch Empowerment Award

Olympic gold medalist Jennie Finch has been a role model for young girls for years, ever since she burst onto the scene as a star pitcher for the University of Arizona. Now, a decade and a half later, Finch, MLB’s youth softball ambassador, is the namesake of a prestigious new ...

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Diya Buonincontro inspiring at Trailblazer Series

COMPTON, Calif. -- Diya Buonincontro would like to someday play Major League Baseball. If she can’t do that, her second choice is to be the next Jessica Mendoza and commentate on the sport. But she may want to also consider a Plan C and aim to use her brainpower to ...

Haiyan Tanner inspires at Trailblazer Series

COMPTON, Calif. -- Haiyan Tanner is just like any other precocious, engaging, athletically gifted kid. The 13-year-old plays baseball and basketball and excels at both, and though she also played lacrosse for a while a few years ago, baseball is her preferred sport. So there was nothing unusual about the ...