WHERE: Rickey Henderson Field (Oakland Technical High School baseball field)

ADDRESS: 426 45th Street, Oakland, CA 94609

TIME: 10:00AM-12:00PM

The PLAY BALL initiative is baseball's collective effort to encourage young people and communities to engage in baseball-or softball-related activities, including formal leagues, special events and casual forms of play.  PLAY BALL events have become MLB's signature youth engagement activity during the professional and amateur baseball and softball calendar, especially on key dates throughout MLB's Championship Season and through the Postseason & World Series.  PLAY BALL events demonstrate the positive way the game can serve as an outlet for physical activity, fun with friends and learning how to play the sport at its most basic levels.  

PLAY BALL also serves as the League's youth umbrella in which all associated programs and events derive from the initiative's consistent, simple message: However You Play Ball, PLAY BALL! 

PlayBall.org is the PLAY BALL initiative's online home and is accessible via MLB.com, USABaseball.com, USASoftball.com and other partner websites.  PlayBall.org also links to USABaseball.com, which provides players, parents and coaches with the information and resources to help with proper play and instruction, including education videos featuring Hall of Famer and MLB Network analyst John Smoltz, Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon, and Kansas City Royals Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Dayton Moore, among others.  Health and safety information, including through the Pitch Smart program, also is available.  

PLAY BALL is generously supported by Chevrolet, Scotts and Nathan's.