Chinese youth baseball club to train at Historic Dodgertown through July 16

Chinese youth baseball club to train at Historic Dodgertown through July 16

Visit continues Historic Dodgertown’s legacy of promoting international goodwill through baseball

The sun wasn’t even up yet when a group of 11 boys and girls (ages 9 to 12) from the Suzhou Amigo Baseball Club, together with their coaches chaperones, arrived at Historic Dodgertown to begin an exciting two week trip to the United States.

Upon arrival, the team members checked into their rooms. Then they got a bit of sleep.  They were soon up for lunch. Then a tour of Historic Dodgertown to learn about the baseball legends who have stayed, trained and played here.

Tomorrow – time to suit up, get on the fields, and learn the game of American baseball.

About Amigo Baseball Camp

The Amigo Baseball Camp, established in 2016, is located in Suzhou, China.  It teaches children confidence, respect and enthusiasm for learning through sports. Amigo Baseball operates in cooperation with Major League Baseball’s youth initiatives, and is designed for children ages 4 to 16. The camp utilizes a first-class indoor baseball training field and authorized MLB equipment.

Teachers instruct their students by showing videos of American baseball. Once they have a preliminary understanding of the game, the students go out onto the fields to learn the technicalities requirements and rules of baseball.

While in Vero Beach, the Amigo Baseball Club will also take in a Tampa Bay Rays game, visit the Kennedy Space Center and other sites during their visit.

About

Since opening Historic Dodgertown has welcomed international teams and executives to learn the game and to promote international goodwill through baseball.  In total, Historic Dodgertown has hosted professional teams from Asia on nearly 20 different occasions.

Under the O’Malley-led Dodger leadership and specific to China, representatives of the People’s Republic of China were invited guests of former Dodger owner Peter O’Malley in 1980 to observe baseball at Dodger Stadium and in Southern California. In 1986 O’Malley privately built the “Dodger Baseball Field” at the Tianjin Institute of Physical and cultural Education. Cultural exchanges in 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1996 further grew the sport in China. In 1991, O’Malley was named an “Honorary Citizen of Tianjin of the People’s Republic of China.

Amigos Baseball will enlist the expertise of Ernie Rosseau, former St. Louis Cardinals player  and coach with the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and Chicago Cubs organizations, will serve as the American instructor for the Chinese club. Rosseau also has coached baseball in Florida for more than 30 years. He is in the National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball Hall of Fame for his famed career at Eastern Florida College where he amassed 735 wins.

To learn more about Amigos Baseball, please visitwww.amigosports.com.cn.

To learn more about Historic Dodgertown, please visitwww.historicdodgertown.com. Photos of the group from their tour of Historic Dodgertown are also attached (hi-res available upon request).