East London children get chance to try baseball as part of London Series

MLB and BaseballSoftballUK brought the excitement of America's favourite pastime to the children of East London to cement the legacy of this weekend's London Series clash between the Cubs and Cardinals. On Thursday, MLB's First Pitch Festival took over the Olympic Park as 900 children from twenty-five different schools enjoyed a masterclass from MLB legends Jake Arrieta and David Eckstein.

Ad Then on Friday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and Major League icons Albert Pujols, Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard visited Raneleigh Primary School to announce the legacy gift of a baseball square to help develop East London's next generation of sporting stars. Tokyo 2020Tokyo 2020 — United States vs Dominican Republic — Baseball — Olympic Highlights04/08/2021 AT 07:15 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 four years provides a unique opportunity to share the magic of baseball, catapult the sport’s popularity and exponentially increase the number of baseball and softball players throughout the country. BaseballSoftballUK aims to increase participation by making the sports even more inclusive, improving the overall playing experience, and driving elite performance of the national squads by working with and through National Governing Bodies the British Softball Federation and the British Baseball Federation.

And BaseballSoftballUK CEO John Boyd can't believe the breadth of events taking place to celebrate the MLB World Tour: London Series. He said: «The are so many things going on across London and across the