Our annual Double Duty Classic tryout in St. Louis is this week. I will be in St. Louis from Thursday to Sunday looking for talent. The St. Louis tryout has produced some outstanding players the last three years. Through this venue, we discovered Blair Springfield (Decatur, IL), Chuckie Jones (Boonville, MO), and Lance Jeffries (McCluer High School). All hit the national scene with the help of our event. Springfield was drafted in the 7th round by the Cubs. Jones was the 7th round by the Giants, and Jeffries looks to be drafted this year. It is a good feeling to be able to get players help in forwarding their baseball careers. Because of Nathan Durst and Dan Puente of the Chicago White Sox, the Double Duty Classic has become a major event for scouts across the country.
See below, a recent article in ESPN on how our Chicago White Sox inner city program started and how it is helping kids today. I was on the ground floor of the program, writing the proposal for the inaugural season.
http://rise.espn.go.com/baseball/articles/2011/02/09-baseball-ace-program.aspx?pursuit=Baseball
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