October is calm and the golden autumn scenery is prosperous. From October 2 to 3, the 2022 MLB CUP Youth Baseball Open (hereinafter referred to as MLB CUP) officially kicked off the autumn match at Shenyang Heping Cup World Football Park. MLB CUP was launched in Shenyang for the first time, aiming to provide more Chinese youth with a high-level professional baseball event and provide a new platform and opportunity for more Chinese youth .
The autumn breeze is slightly cool, but the enthusiasm of the baseball teenagers is not affected at all. Among the 12 teams participating in the competition, Shenyang 8BIT (Babbit) Baseball Club won the championships in the U6 and U8 in one fell swoop, and Shenyang Chiyan Baseball Club and Shenyang Changye Baseball Team also won the championships in the U10 and U18 groups respectively, winning the first prizes of the autumn season.
Looking back at the 2022 MLB CUP Spring Tournament, which ended successfully not long ago, set off from Changsha in May, and walked through cities such as Chengdu and Wuhan, providing a stage for to show themselves and pursue their dreams for more than 1,700 young players from 131 teams .
On the premise of complying with local epidemic prevention policies, the MLB CUP Spring Tournament is forging ahead and connecting more young people as much as possible. The baseball dream of supporting these young talents is the unswerving belief of the MLB Major League Baseball. This belief turns into a contagious force in the confrontation, passion and honor of the game and is constantly passed on to the teenagers. In the next few months, the MLB CUP Fall Tournament that has just set off will enter more cities, and contributes more exciting and exciting duels .
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Since founding the first Youth Baseball League in 2008, MLB CUP has been making continuous progress and has grown with Chinese baseball. It has developed from the original U12 single-year age group and 5 cities to the current five age groups: U6, U8, U10, U12 and U15, covering nearly 20 cities across the country. has led teenagers from all over the country to open the door to the baseball world .
This event is the first time that MLB CUP has landed in Shenyang. Although baseball has not been developing for a long time in Shenyang, has shown a rapid development momentum . In recent years, the Shenyang Baseball and Softball Association has often taken the lead in organizing competitions to stimulate interest through competitions and promote football skills through confrontation. In 2020, Shenyang No. 36 Middle School won the Liaoning Provincial Youth Baseball Championship for the first time in representing Shenyang. showed the style of a rising baseball . Qi Dong, managing director of the China Region of Major League Baseball, said, "This MLB CUP Autumn Tournament has chosen Shenyang City, which has never been set foot before. I deeply feel the sports and cultural atmosphere of Shenyang 'Building a Vital City of National Fitness' . For a long time, MLB insists on deepening youth baseball, creating a good youth baseball environment for more cities, and promoting youth baseball education to standardized, professionalized and internationalized . By launching the MLB CUP Youth Baseball Open, MLB FIRST PITCH baseball charity class, 'Baseball Enlightenment' coaching training class and other series of activities will let baseball enter schools, communities and other scenes, and activate the new generation of Chinese baseball. "
MLB CUP Autumn Tour will also continue the MLB "Love Awesome" charity tour. After visiting Changsha, Chengdu, Wuhan, Chongqing, Qingdao, Wuxi, Zhengzhou and other places in the spring, we will continue to work with charity partners to strengthen the base base to raise supplies for children in the western mountainous areas. uses baseball energy to help more children with love .
In the future, MLB will continue to increase the city and improve the game experience. focuses on the selection and cultivation of young baseball reserve talents, give baseball youths in various places a good growth environment, and inject strong momentum into the development of Chinese baseball .