By: T. Chapman
St. Kitts and Nevis youths will have the opportunity to learn more about the sport of baseball when members of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Players Alumni Association engage some 200 children this weekend.
The first session will be held at The Legends for Youth Clinic Series at the Gardens Playing Field in McKnight, St. Kitts on Saturday, October 26, 2019, while the second session will be done at the Elquemedo T. Willet Park in Nevis on Sunday, October 27, 2019.
The training clinic is expected to run from 9 am to 12 pm.
As per information from the official website of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association Site,
The Alumni Association has conducted hundreds of free clinics and helped thousands of children over the years. Our mission is to provide a fun, positive baseball experience; to provide children with positive role models at our life skills station, where we talk to them about substance abuse, stress the importance of education and help them recognize they have the ability to make positive decisions; and, to teach young ballplayers the game’s fundamentals in a multi-station format.
According to a release from SKNIS,
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Tom Buchanan explained that children between the ages of seven and 17 years old from St. Kitts and Nevis are invited to the sessions. He added that the training will differ on the assigned days and ferry arrangements will be made to transport participants to and from the respective islands.
The visiting contingent includes Benny Castillo, a member of the Florida Marlins player development staff as well as McKenzie Mills, the current pitcher for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
