The Baseball in Benin Wood Bat Little League baseball tournament got started Thursday in Robbinsdale and St. Louis Park with pool play games. Tournament proceeds benefit the Baseball in Benin project, which is bringing the sport of baseball to children in the West African nation. Robbinsdale-Crystal, Golden Valley, Plymouth-New Hope, and Brooklyn Center are northwest suburban Little League associations with teams entered in the tournament, which has three age divisions. Hopkins, Hamel, St. Louis Park, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Coon Rapids-Andover, and Shoreview also have teams participating. The tournament goes through Sunday, with championship games in Robbinsdale. http://www.ccxmedia.org http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

In 2010 Robbinsdale residents Gary Tonsager and Wally Langfellow started the Baseball in Benin project, looking to bring the sport of baseball to the small West African nation of Benin. This year for the 10th year proceeds from a wood bat Little League tournament in Robbinsdale and St. Louis Park will go to that project. The tournament will feature 38 teams in three age divisions and runs Thursday through Sunday. http://www.ccxmedia.org http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.

La pratique du sport de baseball n'est pas dans l'habitude des béninois. L'équipe de blackstar de Cotonou essaie de donner une autre image de ce jeu au Bénin avec de grandes ambitions. La rédaction de UHF TV MONDE est allée à la découverte de cette équipe qui s'entraîne souvent au CEG L'océan de Cotonou.

A young man named Fidele Akakpo Comlan who is 16 years old contacted us at Baseball Legends Series and had some questions about USA Baseball. He is from Benin, West Africa and when he told us his journey, we felt it was worth sharing. If you would like to help out Benin, West African baseball we recommend going to check out www.baseballinbenin.org. They are based in Minnesota and a major part of this story as well and deserve a lot of credit for their efforts to bring baseball to the world.

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Baseball with a goal of bringing the game to west Africa. That's the "Baseball in Benin" tournament in Robbinsdale. Full Story Here - https://kstp.com/minnesota-moment/minnesota-moment-baseball-in-benin/5444647/

The 15th annual Robbinsdale Wood Bat youth baseball tournament 11-12 year-old title was won by Rogers Sunday. Rogers beat Golden Valley 1-0 in the championship game. Brandon Stafford knocked in Brock Sipe with the winning run in the sixth inning. Brady Iverson pitched the shutout for Rogers. St. Louis Park won the 10-year-old division. Coon Rapids beat Crystal in the 9-year-old final. The tournament raised more than ten thousand dollars for the Baseball in Benin project. Jason Melillo, reporting http://www.ccxmedia.org http://twitter.com/ccxsports http://twitter.com/ccxnews https://www.facebook.com/ccxmedia.org/ CCX Media is on Comcast Xfinity in the Northwest Suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale.