Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association Brings Legends for Youth Baseball Clinic and "Swing with the Legends" Golf Classic to Long Island, NY
Event to feature Rollie Fingers, Darrell Evans, Jim Leyritz and other MLB Alumni
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Local youth will have an opportunity to play with their big league heroes at the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) Legends for Youth baseball clinic on Sunday, May 18th, 2014. The free baseball clinic features Major League Baseball players who will teach baseball skills, drills, and life lessons for approximately 200 local youth ages 6 – 16.
The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association will also host a “Swing with the Legends” celebrity golf tournament hosted by 1981 Cy Young Award and American League MVP, Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers. The event will feature former Mets, Yankees, MLB All-Stars and other alumni players. A celebrity dinner will take place on May 18th and the golf tournament will take place on May 19th. Proceeds from this event will benefit KinderVision and the MLBPAA.
Other alumni players attending* the event include George Alusik, Karl Anderson, Tony Balsamo, Shawn Barton, Fred Cambria, Frank Catalanotto, Doug Clemens, Jim Coates, Don Demola, Ron Diorio, Darrell Evans, Tom Famiglietti, Keith Glauber, Dave Lemanczyk, Jim Leyritz, Keith MacWhorter, Andy McGaffigan, Paul Mirabella, John Montefusco, Steve Rogers, Steve Shillet, Anthony Telford, Frank Tepedino, Bob Tufts and Jon Warden.
The clinic will take place at Greenlawn Park from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. located at 489 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, NY 11740. Alumni players will train at stations including pitching, catching, baserunning and life skills. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. The morning will conclude with an autograph session for children in attendance. To register for this clinic, please visit www.baseballalumni.com. Registration is required.
Dinner programming will take place on Sunday, May 18th, hosted at the Crest Hollow Country Club, located at 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797. The evening will begin with a reception at 6:15 p.m., followed by the dinner program at 7:15 p.m. The golf event the next day will take place at the Bethpage State Park’s Red Course, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. Bethpage State Park is located at 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Farmingdale, NY 11753. An awards ceremony will follow the golf tournament.
For more information regarding either event, please contact Nikki Warner, Director of Communications, at nikki@mlbpaa.com or visit www.baseballalumni.com.
*Attendees subject to change
About The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA)
MLBPAA was founded in 1982 with the mission of promoting baseball, raising money for charity and protecting the dignity of the game through its Alumni players. The MLBPAA is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO with a membership of more than 6,900, of which approximately 5,300 are Alumni and active players. Alumni players find the MLBPAA to be a vital tool to become involved in charity and community philanthropy. Follow @MLBPAA for Twitter updates.
About Legends for Youth Clinics
MLBPAA’s Legends for Youth clinics impact more than 15,000 children each year, allowing them the unique opportunity to interact with and learn from players who have left a lasting impact on the game of baseball. The MLBPAA has reached children across America and internationally in Australia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the United Kingdom and Venezuela, through the Legends for Youth clinic series. To donate to this program, visit baseballalumni.com/donate. The official hashtag of the Legends for Youth clinic series is #LFYClinic.
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