The Major League Baseball (MLB) Network is scheduled to visit for the Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation Department’s Revitalizing Baseball in Inner Cities Program (Nike RBI) Youth Baseball Skills and Drills Clinic. The clinic will take place on Saturday, April 5 from 9-11 a.m. at Captain Shreve High School (6115 E Kings Hwy, Shreveport).
Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation has joined forces with the Captain Shreve High School baseball team and Raising Cane’s to host the free community youth baseball clinic for girls and boys, ages 4-14. This clinic will allow youth to participate and learn the fundamental skills of tee ball, baseball, and softball in a fun environment. Special guest instructors include Todd Sharp, Head Baseball Coach/Athletic Director at Captain Shreve High School, along with several area college/high school baseball and softball coaches. Former Major League Baseball players from the Ark-La-Tex will also be present and announced at a later date.
“Caddo Parish Parks Department staff and our partners were so excited when they got the news that the Major League Baseball Network will be in Caddo Parish to spotlight our NIKE RBI Youth Baseball Program,” said Caddo Parish parks and recreation director Patrick Wesley.
“We are proud to have been in partnership with NIKE RBI since 2020, and this coverage will surely put Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation as well as our youth baseball development efforts on a national and international level,” said Wesley.
Registration for the clinic is required. Clinic registration will remain open until all clinic slots are full. Day of/onsite registration take place beginning at 8:00a.m, if clinic slots are still available. Pre-registered clinic attendees may check in at 8:15am on the day of the clinic. To register your team or individual youth, visit caddoparks.org.
For additional clinic information, contact LaMarcus Williams at (318)218-7070/ lwilliams@caddo.gov or Mary Murphy at 318-220-6284 / mmurphy@caddo.gov.
In addition to the clinic, MLB Network will be filming a national spotlight segment on the Parish’s NIKE RBI Program and tour the parish’s newly constructed youth baseball development field located at P.B.S Pinchback Park (7903 Jefferson Paige Rd., Shreveport).
The $400,000 ballfield improvement project was funded thanks to the partnership between the Parish of Caddo, MLB, and the MLB Players Association Youth Development Foundation. With this capital investment, the P.B.S. Pinchback Park ballfield will serve as the primary youth baseball/softball development site for Caddo Parish youth ages 3-10.