Baseball United Teams Up with the Town of Mt. Pleasant, NY
The Baseball United Foundation is teaming up with the Town of Mt. Pleasant, NY, to provide baseball instruction to five and six-year old players. The clinics will run in four week intervals, beginning in early September. The clinics will follow the Small Ball...
MLB Supervisor Larry Young Visits Ireland as Part of the Baseball Exchange Program
MLB umpire supervisor Larry Young spent this past weekend training amateur umpires in Ireland. The clinics were part of the Baseball United Foundation’s Baseball Exchange program. Young spent two days training over two dozen current and prospective Irish umpires. The...
The 2018 Irish Junior National Baseball Team
The 2018 Irish Junior National Baseball Team Thank You to Our Sponsors and Donors! The 2018 Irish Junior National Baseball Team was supported by the generosity of many great businesses, organizations, and individuals from across Ireland and the United States. Sponsors...
Irish Baseball Player Fionn Gallaher-Hall Attends Nike Baseball Camp in NY
We're proud to say that we recently brought 16-year old baseball player Fionn Gallaher-Hall to the USA to attend the Nike Baseball Camp in NY. Fionn, who lives and plays baseball in Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland, spent the week at Mercy College, where he learned...
Ireland Wins Gold at 2017 European Baseball Championship Qualifier Tournament
The 18U Irish Junior National Baseball Team has won the gold medal at the 18U European Championship Tournament in Zurich, Switzerland. The 2017 18U team is Ireland’s first national team in the Under-18 age division. Ireland has competed internationally in the men’s...
Coach Eric Helmrich Discusses His Recent Trip to Ireland
Talking Irish Baseball With Baseball Coach Eric Helmrich In July 2016, we sent Iona Prep assistant baseball coach Eric Helmrich to Ireland. Coach Helmrich worked with Irish Little Leaguers and members of the Irish National Baseball Team for one week, at the new...
Baseball United Foundation To Send American Baseball Coach to Ireland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Baseball United Foundation To Send American Baseball Coach to Ireland Coach Eric Helmrich Will Work with Irish Little Leaguers and Irish National Baseball Team WHITE PLAINS, NY - June 14, 2016 - The Baseball United Foundation has announced plans...
Video Instruction: Alex from County Cavan, Ireland
In the video below, Coach Darren Gurney - aka "The Baseball Doctor" - analyzes the mechanics of a young pitcher named Alex from County Cavan. Alex hasn't been playing baseball long, but he is doing a great job of learning how to pitch. With these tips from Coach...
Video Instruction Update: Irish Catcher Paul Carey
Coach Darren Gurney - aka "The Hit Doctor" - has provided video analysis to a young catcher in Ireland. This is part of our ongoing remote video instruction service, offered to youth baseball players in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. If you'd like to receive...
Update: Kenyan Little League Shipment
We just rented a UHaul van and drove 18 boxes and two bat bags worth of donated baseball equipment up to our friends at American Friends of Kenya (AFK). From there, AFK is going to put the equipment on a shipping container bound for Kenya. The equipment will be going...