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Article: Major League Baseball Brings Youth Baseball Academy Home to Los Angeles.
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- May 1, 2001
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Business/Sports Editors
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2001
Major League Baseball (MLB) officials today announced at Dodger Stadium that they have selected Los Angeles as the home of the first-ever MLB Youth Baseball Academy.
The academy is a cornerstone of Major League Baseball's Urban Youth Initiative focused on bringing more recreational and academic opportunities to at-risk youth. As part of that initiative, announced in 1999, MLB planned to locate and operate a youth baseball academy in a Major League city.
"This is a major and significant step in the creation of the Youth Baseball Academy project and we in Major League ...