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==History== ==History==
PIFBS was founded shortly after ]. The organization sent donated equipment to the devastated areas to help revive their local youth baseball leagues. PIFB continues to help communities affected by ]s. In June 2011, they donated a great deal of equipment to those in ] after the horrific string of ]s.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110602&content_id=19939198&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb</ref> The organization also works will under privileged communities including those in the ] area. PIFBS was founded shortly after ]. The organization sent donated equipment to the devastated areas to help revive their local youth baseball leagues. PIFBS continues to help communities affected by ]s. In June 2011, they donated a great deal of equipment to those in ] after the horrific string of ]s.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110602&content_id=19939198&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb</ref> The organization also works will under privileged communities including those in the ] area.


Internationally, PIFB has sent equipment to ] and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb</ref> The ] little league team competing in the ] received its equipment from PIFB. This is being captured by filmmaker ] for the upcoming documentary ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Opposite Field|url=http://opposite-field.com/|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref> Shapiro spent two years in Uganda filming baseball players, and documenting the country's baseball community.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15896972&c_id=mlb</ref> Internationally, PIFBS has sent equipment to ] and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb</ref> The ] little league team competing in the ] received its equipment from PIFBS. This is being captured by filmmaker ] for the upcoming documentary ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Opposite Field|url=http://opposite-field.com/|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref> Shapiro spent two years in Uganda filming baseball players, and documenting the country's baseball community.<ref>http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15896972&c_id=mlb</ref>


==Notable Athletes Who Have Helped== ==Notable Athletes Who Have Helped==

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Pitch in for Baseball
File:Pitch in for Baseball Logo.jpeg
Founded2005
Location
Key peopleRoy Smalley III, President
Websitehttp://www.pifbs.org

Pitch in for Baseball and Softball (PIFBS) is a non-profit, 501c3 charity which focuses on the collection and distribution of new and gently used baseball and softball equipment. The collected equipment is then given to youth leagues in underserved communities around the world. Since its inception in the summer of 2005, PIFBS has donated more than $9 million worth of equipment to 800,000+ children in every state in the U.S. and 100 countries internationally. PIFBS has helped leagues in the Dominican Republic, Poland, Haiti, Nicaragua, Ghana, Israel, the Ukraine, India, China and the hurricane affected Gulf Coast region of the United States.

History

PIFBS was founded shortly after Hurricane Katrina. The organization sent donated equipment to the devastated areas to help revive their local youth baseball leagues. PIFBS continues to help communities affected by natural disasters. In June 2011, they donated a great deal of equipment to those in Joplin, Missouri after the horrific string of tornados. The organization also works will under privileged communities including those in the Philadelphia area.

Internationally, PIFBS has sent equipment to Europe and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe. The Uganda little league team competing in the 2012 Little League World Series received its equipment from PIFBS. This is being captured by filmmaker Jay Shapiro for the upcoming documentary Opposite Field. Shapiro spent two years in Uganda filming baseball players, and documenting the country's baseball community.

Notable Athletes Who Have Helped

References

  1. http://www.pitchinforbaseball.org/html/frontoffice.html
  2. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110602&content_id=19939198&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
  3. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
  4. "Opposite Field". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15896972&c_id=mlb
  6. http://pifb.mlblogs.com/2012/01/25/uganda-baseball-continued-success/
  7. http://pifb.mlblogs.com/2012/01/25/uganda-baseball-continued-success/
  8. http://rutlandherald.typepad.com/blackriver/2012/01/carl-pavano-teams-with-pitch-in-for-baseball-for-kids-of-ludlow.html
  9. http://www.excelsm.com/news/michael-cuddyer-pitches-baseball-charity/2011/08/14

10. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130702&content_id=52439232&c_id=mlb

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