Former All-Star Jake Arrieta held a masterclass with a group of East London school children and explained what it takes to make it in MLB at BaseballSoftballUK's First Pitch Festival. The Chicago Cubs became a World Series champion in 2016, but that did not stop him from showing the next generation of Brits how to hit a home run on Hopkins' Field in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Ad Nine hundred children from twenty-five different schools enjoyed a masterclass from MLB legends Arrieta and David Eckstein, as well as Chicago Cubs mascot Clarke the Cub.
Baseball / SoftballMLB makes surprise visit to East London primary schoolYESTERDAY AT 19:51 Baseball is a hidden secret in the UK, followed by enthusiastic night owls and weekend warriors, and played by a small but resolute community and that is something BaseballSoftballUK are looking to change.
Hosting six MLB regular season games in the UK, across a four-year period provides a unique opportunity to share the magic of baseball, to catapult the sport's popularity and exponentially increase the number of baseball and softball players throughout the country.