The second annual Frank Robinson Celebrity Golf Invitational to benefit the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy will be held Monday, Nov. 10 at Wilshire Country Club.

Proceeds from the event will be used to support a comprehensive educational program and for improvements at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton.

For information regarding playing in the tournament and sponsorships, please call 949-636-1977 or visit www.mlb.mlb.com/community/uya.jsp.

Last year’s event raised nearly $150,000 for the MLB’s Urban Youth Academy.
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WHO:     Scheduled to participate:

Baseball Hall of Famers: Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Joe Morgan

Active Major Leaguers: Albert Pujols, Chris Dickerson

MLB Alumni:  Don Buford, Eric Davis, Kenny Lofton, Gary Matthews, Jr., Bo Porter, Bret Saberhagen, Dmitri Young

Sports Legends: Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Russell, Jerry West, James Worthy; Football Hall of Famer: Jim Brown; Boxing Hall of Famer: Sugar Ray Leonard

Film & TV Stars: Carlos Bernard, Benjamin Bratt, Anderson Davis

WHERE:  Wilshire Country Club

WHEN:     Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 – 10:30 a.m., shotgun start

About MLB Urban Youth Academy

The MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton is part of Major League Baseball’s Urban Youth Initiative. Encompassing more than 20 acres on the campus of El Camino College, Compton Center, the Academy is a state-of-the-art facility featuring four fields, including a show field complete with scoreboard, grandstand seating, dugouts and lights; an auxiliary field; softball field; youth field; and a 12,000 square-foot clubhouse consisting of a weight room, locker room, and other training facilities, as well as batting cages and pitching mounds. The Academy operates on a year-round basis, offering free baseball and softball instruction, as well as clinics to youth throughout Southern California.

MLB is committed to providing opportunities to play baseball and softball to young people in urban America through the establishment of the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academies. In addition to the first Academy in Compton, MLB has established and is operating the Houston Astros MLB Urban Youth Academy, the New Orleans MLB Urban Youth Academy at Wesley Barrow Stadium, and the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. MLB has also announced plans to build academies in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hialeah, Florida, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

For additional information regarding the MLB Urban Youth Academy, or any other upcoming clinics and seminars, please call the hotline at (310) 763-3479, or visit the website at:  www.mlb.mlb.com/community/uya.jsp.

CONTACT:     Toby Zwikel, Jared Kaufer – Brener Zwikel & Assoc., 818 462-5599, 818-462-5610 – tobyz@bzapr.com; jaredk@bzapr.com; Steve Arocho, Major League Baseball, 212-931-7878

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