Beijing, August 8,2024 -- The summer heat can't stop the passion of baseball youth, and the 2024 MLB CUP Youth Baseball Open spring finals will be held on August 15. The spring finals will be held in Jinjiang City, Fujian Province for four days, and 26 teams from all over the country will gather here to compete.
Since its arrival in Shanghai in April, this year's MLB CUP has traveled through 20 cities and thousands of kilometers, witnessing the fierce competition of more than 500 teams and the outstanding performance of nearly 7,000 young players. Every swing, every base run, is condensed with sweat and determination, recording growth and breakthrough.
Baseball boys struggling in the spring game
The final day will be narrated by more than 10 professional commentators trained by MLB through the "Announcer Program" launched this year. In addition, two innovative challenge activities - "Swing the bat! The Otani Challenge and the Otani Two-Knife Stream Challenge will also be on show, with young players challenging themselves to hit the longest distance and the fastest ball speed using Diamond Kinetics, a professional league-grade data test instrument. This not only gives them a glimpse of Otani's outstanding performance in the major League, but also enables them to intuitively recognize their potential and improvement space through accurate data analysis. Otani, a star player in MLB, has won two MVP(Most Valuable Player) honors, been selected to the MLB All-Star team for four consecutive years, and is the largest single contract owner in professional sports worldwide. He achieved the feat of 33 home runs and 30 stolen bases for the first time this year, becoming the first player to join the 30+30 club this season.
The MLB CUP has also prepared a special gift for each player participating in the Spring Finals: an elaborate personal star card. The star card of this spring Finals has been visually upgraded, using the players' wonderful moments in the game as a picture, hoping that each player can have a unique souvenir of their own baseball journey.
In May this year, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the Standards for the Assessment of students' sports ability, covering 22 sports including soft baseball and softball. Qi Dong, managing director of MLB China, believes that "the release of the soft baseball softball standard course specification provides a unified evaluation system for the training of soft baseball softball, so that more teenagers can receive standardized and systematic training." This will undoubtedly increase the popularity of softball on campus, so that more students have the opportunity to contact and participate in baseball. The MLB CUP will also have a broader player base, helping to select and develop more promising young players to shine on the MLB CUP stage, further enhancing the scale and influence of the tournament."
As one of the important events of the MLB Major League Baseball in China, the Youth Baseball Open has become an arena for Chinese youth baseball lovers to pursue their dreams since 2008. The event not only provides a stage for the majority of young people to show their baseball skills, but also an important way for MLB to promote baseball culture and cultivate baseball stars in China. It provides a valuable opportunity for young players to experience the unique charm of baseball competition and improve the competitive level of Chinese youth baseball players.
With the pace of the event approaching, we are looking forward to youth baseball teams from all over the country showing their baseball skills and team spirit on the field in Jinjiang, Fujian Province. Jinjiang, a vibrant land in Fujian province, is about to become the focus of baseball lovers across the country. A new legend is about to unfold, the 2024 MLB CUP Youth Baseball Open Spring finals, countdown together to welcome this youth baseball feast.
