For immediate release: May 2, 2007
Brian Jordan Celebrates Opening Day at Braves Baseball Academy with a Youth Clinic on Saturday, May 5
WHO: Atlanta Braves players, coaches, and alumni including Willie Harris, Tyler Yates, Chino Cadahia, Roger McDowell, and Brian Jordan; 100 youth from the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy’s Carver Youth Baseball League
WHAT: The Atlanta Braves will celebrate Opening Day of the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy’s baseball season on Saturday, May 5th with a youth clinic led by Braves players, coaches, and alumni. One-hundred youth from the YMCA’s baseball league will take part in the clinic, learning proper throwing mechanics, hitting techniques, and base running skills.
A newly formed partnership between the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy, Little League Baseball and Softball, and the Metro Atlanta YMCA, will provide even more opportunity and resources to youth participating in the league, including the chance to play in Little League tournaments and compete in the Little League World Series.
A newly formed partnership between the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy, Little League Baseball and Softball, and the Metro Atlanta YMCA, will provide even more opportunity and resources to youth participating in the league, including the chance to play in Little League tournaments and compete in the Little League World Series.
More than 350 youth from Carver YMCA, Centennial YMCA, East Lake YMCA, Andrew & Walter Young Family YMCA, Atlanta Parks and Recreation, and the Ben Hill Youth Association will have the opportunity to play baseball at the Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy this season.
Youth who are interested in playing in the Carver Youth Baseball League can call 4
04-635-YMCA.The Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy facilities includes four baseball fields, funded by Atlanta Braves players Chipper Jones, Brian Jordan, Mike Hampton, and John Smoltz each of whom contributed $75,000 to the Metro Atlanta YMCA, bringing an eight-acre signature youth sports complex to the heart of the redeveloped Carver community near Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves Foundation contributed $500,000, and the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, a collaborative initiative between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, contributed $144,352 to support the academy.
WHEN: Saturday, May 5
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
WHERE: Atlanta Braves Baseball Academy at the Villages of Carver YMCA
