Blue Jays host Honda Super Camp in Victoria

Youth baseball players from Victoria, British Columbia, and throughout Vancouver Island had a chance of a lifetime on July 12 and 13, as the Blue Jays Honda Super Camps came to town, with many Blue Jays alumni serving as instructors at the two-day instructional clinic.

Hall of Fame second baseman Roberto Alomar headlined the list of alumni in attendance, which also included former outfielders Lloyd Moseby and John Mayberry, closer Duane Ward and infielder Rance Mulliniks.

This was the third year that Victoria has hosted a Super Camp, with this year’s enrollment totaling 95 youth players, aged 9 to 16. This year’s enrollment represented a slight increase over past years.

The Victoria Super Camp was hosted at Royal Athletic Park for the third straight year, in partnership with the Victoria HarbourCats of the West Coast League, who are currently the fifth-ranked summer collegiate baseball team in North America.

The Super Camp consisted of two days of instruction lasting approximately four hours each day, with players rotating through various stations, giving them the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of every facet of the game, including hitting, pitching, outfield and infield defence and baserunning.

A Challenger baseball game for youth with physical or cognitive disabilities also took place in the outfield following Tuesday’s session.

Ward, the Blue Jays’ single-season saves leader with 45 in 1993, has been an integral part of the Super Camps for several seasons, and he says it’s all about the fundamentals.

“That’s what we’re trying to do in the time we have with these kids is …

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