SAL Hudson Valley Renegades

Renegades to Participate in MLB PLAY BALL Weekend

Published on June 8, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Hudson Valley Renegades News Release


WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. - The Hudson Valley Renegades have teamed up with Major League Baseball and have planned two exciting events for the upcoming weekend. The Renegades will be taking part in PLAY BALL Weekend, a baseball-wide initiative designed to give back to each local community throughout Major League and Minor League Baseball.

A free community baseball clinic will be offered at Dutchess Stadium following the 2:05 PM game on Sunday, June 12. All who sign up to attend the clinic will receive two free tickets to the game. Registration openings are still available for this event at the following link: https://hudsonvalleyrenegades.leagueapps.com/events/3122884.

The clinic is free and features members of the Renegades coaching staff and players from the Renegades Collegiate Baseball Team. Renegades Manager Tyson Blaser will lead the clinic which is open to the first 100 children ages 8-16, and will feature 90 minutes of baseball drills and fun. Clinic participants will also receive a free T-shirt and free subscriptions to both MLB.TV and MiLB.TV.

The Renegades annual D3 / Think Differently Day will be on Saturday, June 11th at Dutchess Stadium from 10 a.m. until noon. The Disability Dream and Do (D3Day) sports camps were created by Dave Clark, the only pitcher in professional sports history to pitch on crutches, and Doug Cornfield, a former NCAA medal winning runner at Georgia, who himself had a child born with no arms. These camps allow professional players to interact with children with special needs in various drills and compete in sports with no limitations.

In 2016, Dave Stevens, who was born without legs but played college football and minor league baseball, came on board as the D3 Day camps expanded to other cities in the US. Dave, Dave and Doug now put on camps all over the country and share their amazing stories as well as inspire others to look past a disability and turn it into an ability. This event is full and no further registration slots remain.

The Renegades are handing out 200 Franklin bat and ball sets to participants of both events. More than 60 Minor League teams and all 30 Major League teams will participate in PLAY BALL Weekend. Clubs will be hosting a variety of events all throughout the weekend designed to engage young fans and share the fun of playing baseball and softball. For more information visit www.MLB.com/play-ball/weekend.

For more information on the Renegades camp, please call the Renegades office at 845-838-0094 or email Marcella Costello at mcostello@hvrenegades.com.

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