| On a May 28, 2006 Barry Bonds succeeded
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| | children ages 12-18. In 1991, MLB got
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| in hitting his 715th home run to pass
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| | involved and assumed its administration.
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| Babe Ruth's homerun record and now second
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| | MLB then teamed with the Sporting Goods
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| to Hank Aaron's Major League Baseball
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| | Manufacturing Association from 1993-1996
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| (MLB) all-time home run record of 755, it
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| | in providing grants to various cities
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| is representative in a number of ways of
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| | demonstrating financial need. After five
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| the present state of MLB. Specifically,
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| | years, Young went national and by 1997
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| the state of the game's future in the
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| | RBI collaborated with various chapters of
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| African-American community comes to mind.
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| | the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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| And it might be an appropriate time to
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| | However, MLB and its individual teams
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| reexamine the decline of participation of
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| | have only provided $15 million for RBI
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| the black athlete in baseball, which is a
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| | since 1991.The RBI program now includes
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| far more multi-faceted problem than
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| | both boys and girls and its objective is
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| commonly expressed.While there is a
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| | to also include nurturing children's
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| dearth of interest among young boys and
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| | interest in school along with baseball as
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| teenagers in the black community
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| | the main component. It claims that it has
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| participating in organized baseball, the
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| | helped more than 150,000 children in more
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| reasons most often provided are
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| | than 200 cities worldwide play baseball.
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| shortsighted and often too easy to come
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| | And its Quick SMART! Program addresses
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| by. Without an honest discourse between
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| | the issues of alcohol, tobacco and other
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| the leaders of the black communities
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| | harmful drugs with city youth. Says
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| throughout the United States, as well as
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| | Roberto Clemente, Jr., who founded the
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| some candor coming from the offices of
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| | RBI program in Pittsburgh, "RBI keeps
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| MLB, what seems an insurmountable problem
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| | kids out of trouble and off the streets,
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| to attract blacks to baseball, will
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| | while at the same time teaching them to
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| forever remain.And although it is simply
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| | stay in school. The educational
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| too easy to blame any one entity for all
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| | components help them realize their
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| of the fall-off of black players in
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| | potential and worth in receiving college
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| baseball, the primary beneficiary, of
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| | scholarships based not only on athletics,
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| ignoring players from the U.S. including
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| | but academics." But one can question the
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| white players, remains MLB. And it must
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| | program's expansion worldwide before the
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| be held accountable, regardless of myriad
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| | job is done in the U.S."Campos Las Palmas
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| cultural reasons attributed to children's
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| | has set the standard for what a baseball
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| lack of interest in baseball,
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| | academy should be and we're extremely
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| predominantly in the inner city
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| | proud of the work done here, not only on
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| neighborhoods, for its lack of investment
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| | the field, but in the community as well."
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| in them.On February 28, 2006, MLB opened
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| | No, this is not another baseball academy
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| its first Urban Youth Academy in the U.S.
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| | planned for the U.S. but a quote from
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| At a cost of $3 million which took three
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| | Frank McCourt, owner of the Los Angeles
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| years to complete, with the idea shopped
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| | Dodgers, upon his visit to the Dodger's
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| around for six, MLB Commissioner Bud
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| | Dominican Republic baseball complex, in
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| Selig clucked, "This is the first of what
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| | celebrating its 20th year anniversary,
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| I hope is a series of academies all over
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| | earlier in 2006. And while no one can
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| America." The facility is located at the
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| | find fault with the individual efforts of
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| campus of Compton Community College on 10
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| | the RBI program nor with the idea of
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| acres of land in Compton, CA, south of
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| | Urban Youth Academies in the U.S., it is
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| Los Angeles. It includes two regulation
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| | necessary to contrast those programs with
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| size baseball diamonds, a youth field and
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| | over the $60 million dollars each year
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| one for girl's softball and a 12,000
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| | which MLB and its individual teams pour
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| square foot clubhouse with locker room,
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| | into Latin American countries for player
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| weight room and other training
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| | development.Most MLB teams have more than
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| facilities. It is expected to be a
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| | one such facility in Latin America with
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| prototype for other U.S. facilities,
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| | the most located in the Dominican
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| through the Urban Youth Initiative, which
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| | Republic, followed by Venezuela. When
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| will serve not only as a catalyst for
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| | Camp Las Palmas opened in the 1987
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| reviving baseball but a place for
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| | season, it was the first facility of its
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| inner-city youth to enjoy each summer and
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| | kind and became the universal prototype
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| after school.Starting in June 2006, 125
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| | for all MLB teams in Latin America. It
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| children each day are expected to
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| | sits on 75 acres of land, equipped with
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| participate and to be given instruction
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| | two full and two half baseball fields, a
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| by professional level coaches on playing
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| | dining room, kitchen, recreation room and
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| the game. The monetary investment however
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| | two two-story dormitories accommodating
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| was not solely supplied by MLB.
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| | 100 players. In addition, it provides
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| $70,000.00 was collectively donated by
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| | lessons in adapting to American culture,
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| Enos Cabell, Jr. and Tim Purpura, GM of
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| | classes in English, and nutritional
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| the Houston Astros for batting cages and
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| | counseling.Players stay up to 30 days at
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| $500,000.00 was donated by L.A.'s Anaheim
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| | a time and can be signed at age 16 unlike
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| Angels. Access to classrooms and
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| | players in the U.S. where players must at
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| computers are being made available by
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| | least complete high school or be 18 years
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| Compton Community College. Compton was
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| | of age. If they are enrolled in college,
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| picked primarily as so many
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| | U.S. players must wait until the age of
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| African-Americans from MLB's past arose
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| | 21 to be signed. But then they go into
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| from Compton, but also because the
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| | the draft, which clubs claim deters them
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| college donated a number of its
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| | from investing in any development of U.S.
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| facilities. It takes on average three
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| | players, as another club could end up as
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| years to build a Major League stadium. It
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| | the beneficiary of such efforts. Also,
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| is stunning how long it took to put in
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| | Latin America does not face competition
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| four ball fields and a clubhouse with so
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| | from the sports of basketball and
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| little financial investment from MLB and
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| | football as baseball does in the U.S.,
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| whose idea largely came to the
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| | therefore giving MLB many more prospects
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| Commissioner's Office as a grass roots
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| | to choose from.It is crucial to
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| effort.In 1989, former Major League
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| | understand that offshoring of Latin
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| player, John Young, developed a program
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| | American baseball players is arguably
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| called RBI or Reviving Baseball in Inner
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| | directly proportional to the loss of
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| Cities in South Central Los Angeles for
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| | African Americans being developed in MLB.
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