Mississippi RBI

Major League Baseball donated batting helmets used in the 2010 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend in Anaheim, Calif, earlier this year to MS RBI.  The helmets were worn in the Futures Game by 40+ members of the USA and World teams whose rosters consist of the best players in the minor leagues. The USA team [...]

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Andrewan Owens, from Crystal Springs, credited RBI’s summer league for reviving his interest in baseball.  He then attended a tryout in Jackson hosted by Coast to Coast sports and was selected to play in a week long tournament and instructional clinic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Watch his “Future Stars” segment with Jason Hurst of [...]

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A randomly selected team from Jackson’s Grove Park Baseball League has returned from a unforgettable trip to St. Louis, MO and the First Annual Jr. RBI Classic.      Click here for photos  The three-day tournament allowed each of the 16 pilot cities for Jr RBI to play against each other in a non-competitive format.  Jackson [...]

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With rain blanketing the state of Mississippi and huge storms on the way from Texas and Louisiana nearly 100 kids age 6-18 decided they wanted to play baseball and softball no matter what happened Saturday (April 18) at Jackson State University. Luckily, it never rained a drop during the baseball and softball fundamentals clinic.  Coaches [...]

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Even though we are gearing up for year one of RBI in Mississippi you may not know that the program began back in 1989 when a former scout named John Young held a clinic in Los Angeles.  MLB later expanded on Young’s vision and now RBI is in 200+ cities around the country. Here is a great story [...]

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