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Players, coaches give back at Legends Clinic
- Updated: January 7, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. — Growing up in Tucson, Ariz., Shelley Duncan found his baseball heaven.
Now, he’s trying to help bring it back.
Duncan, a former big league player and the current manager of the Hillsboro Hops, the D-backs’ Class A affiliate, helped run the MLBPA Legends For Youth Baseball Clinic on Saturday at Kino Sports Complex.
Current and former Major League coaches and players alike helped coach the event, which was offered for free to area kids ranging in ages from 6-14.
Some of the notable assistants included Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, Dodgers reliever Adam Liberatore, former Gold Glove Award winner Kenny Lofton and former D-backs manager and current A’s third-base coach Chip Hale. Each spent significant time in the area either growing up or in college, and now they are trying to bring the baseball culture to the area.
“Baseball in Tucson is like the Mecca in the [United States],” Duncan said. “USA Baseball was here at one time. Arizona baseball was at …
