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Manfred to youth: Follow baseball to college
- Updated: July 28, 2016
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Nolan Brown hopes to one day attend college near his hometown of Long Beach, Calif. But the 16-year-old might not be able to do so without baseball.
“For me, I’m trying to go to college and graduate from college. Baseball is a big part of that,” he said. “I’m trying to use baseball to help me get through college.”
Brown was one of hundreds of young baseball players Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred addressed at the Elite Development Invitational in Vero Beach, Fla., Wednesday afternoon.
Now in its second year, the EDI is a two-week instruction event that offers hundreds of players from across the country, ages 12-17, an opportunity to develop their skills with former Major Leaguers in a Spring Training-type atmosphere on the fields of Historic Dodgertown. Instructors include retired players like David Justice, Marquis Grissom, Marvin Freeman and Tye Waller.
One key point Manfred emphasized Wednesday was for players to use the sport as a gateway to higher learning.
“Some of you may walk up to a different podium in a few years, have me shake your hands as you’re announced …
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