Gaithersburg Post 295 Baseball Invitational: American Legion Boys Nation

Sunday, July 24, 2011

American Legion Boys Nation

Who say athletes can't be academic. Pictured here is Gaithersburg Post 295's Jimmy Kazunas a Senator attending American Legion Boys Nation with American Legion National Commander Jimmy Foster.

Boys Nation Senator Jimmy Kazunas and Post 295's own, Southern Maryland District Commander Bob Ouellette

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Gaithersburg Post 295 Invitational Showcase

Post 295's Invitational Showcase highlights the skills of Maryland American Legion Baseball players.

Playing Legion Baseball provides a good foundation for succes and you do not need to spend hundreds of dollars to be discovered.

Major League Baseball and American Legion Baseball don't have a formal partnership, but the two owe each other a tremendous debt of gratitude. MLB has sponsored Legion Baseball almost since its inception, and Legion Baseball has returned the favor, churning out major-league prospects since the alumni base has been old enough to be scouted.

The number of former Legion players who have gone on to the pros is far too large to chart. More than half of current major-leaguers played Legion Baseball. So did almost every working MLB manager, along with several former commissioners. In all, more than 50 program graduates are in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Legion Baseball's noteable alumni include:
Yogi Berra, Bob Feller, Ryne Sandberg, Roy Campanella, Dusty Baker, Albert Pujols, Greg Maddux and Chipper Jones. Mark Texeira

Babe Ruth was too old to join when Legion Baseball started, but he spent the final years of his life promoting the program as its director of operations.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

American Legion Boys Nation

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