Metropolitan Junior Baseball League hosts championships and symposium in Washington, DC

Reconnecting Baseball to the African American Community (Richmond, Va. )- The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League (MJBL) is presenting its 33rd annual championships competition Tuesday, July 30 through Sunday, August 4, with the 20th Annual Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium on the opening afternoon. Richmond has been the host city since 2018. The symposium will be held at the Congressional Auditorium in Washington, DC, hosted by Representative Jennifer McClellan (VA-04).  Some high-powered professionals will be panelists, including Paxton Baker, Washington Nationals minority owner, Howard University professor Ricky Clemens, former Major League Baseball (MLB) VP for the National League, Sonja Stills, Commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, David James, VP Baseball and Softball Development for MLB, Jarvis Stewart, founding partner of the Washington Nationals, and former MLB player and manager, Dusty Baker, with opening remarks via zoom.& It is a panel-driven think tank addressing issues that plague youth in inner-city communities and how the game of baseball and education help alleviate some of the problems.& This year’s topic is Reconnecting Baseball to the African American Community. The symposium spans two decades when MJBL presented a proposal to MLB with the concept that Historically Black Colleges and Universities could play an integral role in...