Major League Baseball is introducing “Wanna Play?”, a new educational initiative that is intended to bring baseball activities to the African-American community.
The above-mentioned program will be launched on June 20, 2009 between 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm at Cincinnati’s Fountain Square. This inaugural event is part of the Youth Summit segment of the Gillette Civil Rights Game Weekend, and will feature numerous baseball-related events and presentations by MLB officials. Activities included are; “batting and pitching cages, baserunning contests, wiffle ball games and demonstrations with current Cincinnati Reds Brandon Phillips and Jerry Hairston, Jr., former Reds outfielder Eric Davis and former All-Star and current MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds”. Following the “Wanna Play?” event will be the annual Civil Rights Game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ball Park.
The intention of the event is to inform and highlight everything that is great about the game of baseball, while teaching the young fans the role that baseball played in the Civil Rights movement.
Source: mlb.com
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