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Youth Baseball Academy

The Junior RBI program gives children a chance to play baseball with other kids. (Ben Platt/MLB.com)
 Junior RBI program takes flight
The first season of the Junior RBI program, giving inner-city children ages 6-12 the chance to learn the game of baseball, has been a huge success in 16 cities nationwide. Many of the 160 kids taking part came to the MLB Urban Youth Academy for the Southern California Championships. Full story >

• Urban Youth Academy MLBlog
Donate your baseball gloves
Wondering what to do with those extra baseball gloves in your closet or garage? Donate them today to the MLB Urban Youth Academy and help out an aspiring ballplayer.

Please send donations to:
Darrell Miller
Director, Urban Youth Academy
901 East Artesia Blvd.
Compton, CA 90221
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MLB Urban Youth Academy »
Urban Youth Academy Barons »
More headlines
• Academy hosts Little League ceremony
• Draft features Youth Academy alumni
• Hudson's tour gets kids involved
• Compton Little League reopens
• Simpson handles first start well
• Southern tops Gwynn's Aztecs
• San Diego's Solis makes a splash
• MLB hosts second annual Urban Invitational
• Talent shines at high school showcase
• Scouts hold California showcase
• Astros, MLB to open baseball academy
• Marlins, MLB to open youth academy
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Press releases
• MLB Urban Youth Academy has 21 players selected in 2009 First-Year Player Draft
• Urban Invitational Results, 2/20/09 Game 2
• Urban Invitational Results, 2/20/09 Game 1
• Urban Youth Academy to host second Urban Invitational Baseball Tournament
• MLB, Astros and City of Houston to develop third MLB Urban Youth Baseball Academy
• MLB, Marlins and City of Hialeah to build Youth Academy in Southern Florida
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Urban Youth Initiative
MISSION STATEMENT: To set the standard for instruction, teaching and education in Urban America through the strength of the National Pastime and to enhance the quality of life in the surrounding communities.  More >
Multimedia
•  Hudson, Pierre, Hunter visit Academy
• Urban Youth Academy clinic
• Team USA works out for the Classic
• Urban Invitational Day 2
• First annual MLB Urban Invitational
•  Highlights: San Diego 9, B-C 6
•  Highlights: Southern 4, SDSU 2
•  First annual MLB Urban Invitational
• RBI players attend Angels game
•  Inaugural Breakthrough Series
•  Nats announce plans for D.C. academy
•  Hicks signs with Twins
•  First Annual MLB Urban Invitational
• Urban Invitational
• Second annual golf outing
• RBI Softball Championship game
•  RBI Softball Championship game recap
• RBI Softball workout day
• RBI Baseball Championship games
•  RBI Baseball Championship games recap
• RBI Baseball workout day
•  Youth Academy's Miller on RBI Series
•  Jimmie Lee Solomon on RBI program
• John Young talks about the success of RBI 
• Rangers visit Urban Youth Academy 
• Darrell Miller on first year of Academy
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Timeline
Jan. 23, 2009: MLB announces plans to build its third Youth Baseball Academy in Houston, Texas
Jan. 7, 2009: MLB announces plans to build its second Youth Baseball Academy in Hialeah, Fla.
Feb. 28, 2006: MLB celebrates the grand opening of the Urban Youth Academy in Compton.
June 18, 2004: MLB symbolically breaks ground to begin the building of the Compton Youth Baseball Academy.
Aug. 5, 2003: MLB announces plans to build its first Youth Baseball Academy in Compton, Calif.
Contact us
Darrell Miller
Director, Urban Youth Academy
901 East Artesia Blvd.
Compton, CA 90221
(310) 763-3479
darrell.miller@mlb.com