ESPN article largely about Richmond city baseball

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Here's an article by John Helyar (author of "Lords of the Realm") that focuses on Oil Can Boyd's Traveling All-Stars and the Metro Junior Baseball League and it's director William Forrester. For those not familiar, the MJBL provides an opportunity for city teenagers (13-18) to play the game. It's a good read

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2950053

7/27/0711:37 AM

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The reality is that youth baseball thrives on volunteer fathers. If you could solve the inner city problem of fatherless households, you could do a lot more than build baseball in the cities.

7/27/075:43 PM

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