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SF Giants to sponsor a pair of youth baseball teams in Mexico

The SF Giants announced a partnership with Liga Maya to sponsor a pair of youth baseball teams on Tuesday.
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SF Giants to sponsor a pair of youth baseball teams in Mexico
SF Giants to sponsor a pair of youth baseball teams in Mexico

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On Tuesday afternoon, the SF Giants announced a multi-year sponsorship of two new Liga Maya teams in Mexico City. The Giants are slated to play a two-game series against the San Diego Padres in Mexico City at the end of April, and that presumably encouraged the franchise to make this partnership. The Giants are paying for all of the teams' league fees, travel costs, uniforms, and equipment.

Former Giants star Hunter Pence will be traveling to Mexico City prior to the series as a representative for the team.

“Youth are the future of baseball and there is no better way to invest in the future of the game than to invest in the youth here in Mexico,” said Pence in a Giants press release. “It is important to the Giants to give all kids the opportunity to play and learn the game regardless of socioeconomic background. This is why we are sponsoring these teams, providing kids from underserved communities with access to this great game.”

The two teams sponsored by the Giants will, of course, be named Gigantes (the Spanish translation of Giants), consisting of boys and girls ages 9 to 12 years from Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero, two municipalities in Mexico City. Teams are comprised of 15 children in the 9-10 and 11-12 age brackets.

The Giants plan to host parents and children from the Liga Maya teams during their visit to Mexico City at the end of April. It should give kids an exciting opportunity to meet big-league players and coaches and maybe even get some pointers on how to improve their game.

The teams sponsored by the Giants will compete in the 2023 MLB Cup, a baseball tournament for kids throughout Mexico, akin to the Little League World Series. This year's tournament is the first to include both a boys' and girls' division.

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MARC DELUCCHI

Marc Delucchi (he/they/she) serves as the Managing Editor at Giants Baseball Insider, leading their SF Giants coverage. As a freelance journalist, he has previously covered the San Francisco Giants at Around the Foghorn and McCovey Chronicles. He also currently contributes to Niners Nation, Golden State of Mind, and Baseball Prospectus. He has previously been featured in several other publications, including SFGate, ProFootballRumors, Niners Wire, GrandStand Central, Call to the Pen, and Just Baseball. Over his journalistic career, Marc has conducted investigations into how one prep baseball player lost a college opportunity during the pandemic (Baseball Prospectus) and the rampant mistreatment of players at the University of Hawaii football program under former head coach Todd Graham (SFGate). He has also broken dozens of news stories around professional baseball, primarily around the SF Giants organization, including the draft signing of Kyle Harrison, injuries and promotions to top prospects like Heliot Ramos, and trade details in the Kris Bryant deal. Marc received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish. During his time in college, he conducted a summer research project attempting to predict the future minor-league performance of NCAA hitters, worked as a data analyst for the school's Women's basketball team, and worked as a play-by-play announcer/color commentator for the basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. He also worked as an amateur baseball scout with the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network (later renamed Evolution Metrix), scouting high school and college players for three draft cycles. For tips and inquiries, feel free to reach out to Marc directly on Twitter or via email (delucchimarc@gmail.com).

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