Bahamas Baseball Federation Providing New Opportunities For Youth Players

BAHAMAS - The Bahamas Baseball Federation continues to meet its mandate of exposing its members to baseball opportunities.

The first weekend of its 2008 Winter Baseball Informational, Instructional and Prospect Showcase was a resounding success with 65 Young Men (5 from BIMINI) and (2 from Grand Bahama) being exposed to high-level baseball exposure.

Team One Baseball - The Leader in Player Development & College Placement in the USA - with Directors Jim Gemler and Justin Roswell gave the enthusiastic young men and their parents a very informative question and answer session on Friday, November 21 at the Wyndham.

The session was filled to capacity as the Team One outlined in details the theme for the weekend “What must I do to Be Recruited”. The parents were very pleased with the information provided, as it pertains to preparing their sons to excel and benefit from the sport of baseball on the next level.

The Purpose of the three week sessions with the enormous growth and development of the Youth & Junior Baseball Programs being experience throughout The Bahamas - and the overwhelming desire by our young men to play baseball at the next level (High School & College) - the BBF in conjunction with Pony Baseball-Nassau saw the need to bring the baseball expertise and recruiting to the Bahamas to give our young men an opportunity to showcase their talent to the various clinic educators.

The next session is scheduled for:

12/5 at 7:30 PM at Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino.
12/6 at 10:00 AM at Freedom Farm Baseball Complex.
12/7 at 2:00 PM at Freedom Farm Baseball Complex.

Weekend Theme: “The Importance of Showcases and Camps”

Clinic will be conducted by:

Professional Scout: Mike Lord (Boston Red Sox)
College University from: Lynn University / Barry University / Florida Southern University

The Bahamas Baseball Federation would like to thank the Coaches from Freedom Farm & JBLN for their support and participation on Saturday & Sunday.

Thank you to the JBLN Executive Team for the use of their Field of Dream Complex, and a thank you & appreciation to Terran Rodgers (Pony Baseball-Nassau local Director) and Patrick Knowles (Grand Bahama - Pony Baseball - Regional Director) for their assistance and contribution to hosting a successful weekend.

Finally, thanks to Thompson Trading (Gatorade) for the sponsorship of Gatorade for the players for the weekend activities.

The author, Theodore T. Sweeting, is the Secretary General of the Bahamas Baseball Federation (BBF).

Photo by Terae Sweeting

Source: thebahamasweekly.com