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PIFBS has sent equipment to Europe and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120530033856/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date = 2012-05-30| title = Baseball gains popularity in Europe {{!}} MLB.com: News}}</ref> The ] little league team that competed in the ] received its equipment from PIFBS. This was captured by filmmaker Jay Shapiro for the 2015 documentary ''Opposite Field''.<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 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> PIFBS has sent equipment to Europe and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120530033856/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4675336&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb| archive-date = 2012-05-30| title = Baseball gains popularity in Europe {{!}} MLB.com: News}}</ref> The ] little league team that competed in the ] received its equipment from PIFBS. This was captured by filmmaker Jay Shapiro for the 2015 documentary ''Opposite Field''.<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 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


''Pitch in for Baseball (PIFB)'' became ''Pitch in for Baseball and Softball'' in 2018, when PIFB launched Pitch in for Softball (PIFS) to donate softball equipment as well. The advisory committee for PIFS were Olympic medalists, ] and ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=League |first=Little |title=Pitch in for Baseball & Softball |url=https://www.littleleague.org/partnerships/pitch-in-for-baseball-softball/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Little League |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Pitch in for Baseball (PIFB)'' became ''Pitch in for Baseball and Softball'' in 2018, when PIFB launched Pitch in for Softball (PIFS) started to donate softball equipment. The advisory committee for PIFS were Olympic medalists, ] and ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=League |first=Little |title=Pitch in for Baseball & Softball |url=https://www.littleleague.org/partnerships/pitch-in-for-baseball-softball/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Little League |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Notable athletes involved== ==Notable athletes involved==

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American nonprofit organization
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Pitch in for Baseball and Softball
Formation2005
HeadquartersHarleysville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key peopleTerry Smith, President
Websitepifbs.org

Pitch in for Baseball and Softball Pitch In For Baseball & Softball (PIFBS) is a Pennsylvania-based non-profit 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to collecting and distributing new and gently used baseball and softball equipment. This equipment is donated to youth leagues in underserved communities worldwide. To date, PIFBS has donated over $9 million worth of equipment to more than 800,000 children across all 50 states and in 117 countries. The organization has supported leagues in places such as the Dominican Republic, Poland, Haiti, Nicaragua, Ghana, Israel, 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 equipment to people in Joplin, Missouri, after the string of tornados in that area. The organization also works with privileged communities including those around Philadelphia.

PIFBS has sent equipment to Europe and is credited with helping raise the popularity of baseball in Europe. The Uganda little league team that competed in the 2012 Little League World Series received its equipment from PIFBS. This was captured by filmmaker Jay Shapiro for the 2015 documentary Opposite Field. Shapiro spent two years in Uganda filming baseball players and documenting the country's baseball community.

Pitch in for Baseball (PIFB) became Pitch in for Baseball and Softball in 2018, when PIFB launched Pitch in for Softball (PIFS) started to donate softball equipment. The advisory committee for PIFS were Olympic medalists, Natasha Watley and Crystl Bustos.

Notable athletes involved

References

  1. "Pitch in for Baseball - Front Office". Archived from the original on 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. "Joplin kids to get donated baseball equipment | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on 2012-05-18.
  3. "Pitch In For Baseball & Softball - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  4. "Baseball gains popularity in Europe | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on 2012-05-30.
  5. "Opposite Field". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15896972&c_id=mlb
  7. ^ League, Little. "Pitch in for Baseball & Softball". Little League. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  8. ^ "Uganda baseball–continued success". 25 January 2012.
  9. "Carl Pavano teams with Pitch in for Baseball for Kids of Ludlow".
  10. 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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