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MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy
Students from Hialeah Gardens High School carry plans for the new MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy in Hialeah, Fla.
Robert Dupuy, president and COO of Major League Baseball, David Samson, president of the Marlins, and Jimmie Lee Solomon, MLB executive vice president of baseball operations, await the announcement of a new MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy in Florida.
Robert Dupuy, president and COO of Major League Baseball, announces the new MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy planned for the city of Hialeah. Based on the success of MLB's only other academy, located in Comptom, Calif., the Hialeah academy is designed to help urban youth excel, not only in sports, but also as members of their community.
Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and MLB President and COO Robert Dupuy sign a memorandum of understanding for the MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy planned for Hialeah in conjunction with a new Marlins ballpark in Miami.
Marlins President David Samson, flanked by students from Miami-Dade County, reveals plans for the MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy planned for Hialeah.
Students from the Marlins RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program join MLB and Marlins officials in unveiling the new MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy planned for Hialeah, Fla. The academy, to be built in conjunction with the Marlins new ballpark in Miami, will be only the second of its kind in the nation.
