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Dozens of children ages 5 to 12 spent a sunny afternoon聽sharing their passion for baseball and Hispanic/Latino/a/x pride during 激情快播鈥檚 second annual Puerto聽Rico Baseball Day, organized by the 激情快播 Puerto Rico聽Research Hub in collaboration with 激情快播 Athletics and聽激情快播 Global Perspectives and International Initiatives.

The day鈥檚 activities featured Major League Baseball聽(MLB)鈥檚 . The free event tested聽participants鈥� skills at several practice stations. With聽appearances from former MLB players and volunteers,聽organizers aimed to inspire the next generation of聽Hispanic athletes by playing and discussing the game聽that鈥檚 the pulse of Puerto Rico: baseball.

鈥淲e are happy to celebrate Puerto聽Rico and its rich baseball history聽at 激情快播. This event helps unleash聽the potential of our youth as future聽leaders and serves as an example of聽the power of partnerships.鈥�

鈥斅燜ernando Rivera, Puerto Rico Research Hub director

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2018

The year the 激情快播 Puerto Rico Research Hub was聽founded to provide essential information about the聽islanders and their migration following Hurricane Maria

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Skill stations were set up at the 激情快播 Softball聽Complex to test participants鈥� baserunning and bat聽and ball abilities

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Former MLB players attended: all-star Carlos Baerga聽from the Cleveland Guardians and Willie Collazo from聽the New York Mets, who both played for Puerto Rico聽in the 2006 inaugural World Baseball Classic

Professor of Sociology and Puerto Rico Research Hub Director Fernando Rivera

Former MLB player Willie Collazo from聽the New York Mets