3 Organizations Team Up To Host Chicago’s Only Girls Baseball Camp

Chicago Baseball and Educational Academy, CBEA, works to build great citizens through baseball education and mentorship. CBEA has teamed up with Baseball for All and Illinois Girls Baseball Inc. to bring the area’s only girls baseball camp to the Chicago area.

This camp will be held one night a week for six weeks in October and November 2019.

Curtis Granderson, three-time Major League Baseball All-star, President of CBEA, will be meeting with Justine Siegel, Founder of Baseball for All and Major League Baseball’s first ever female coach, on Wednesday, July 10 at 12PM during Granderson’s Grand Kids Foundation Baseball Camp. The meeting is to celebrate baseball and to honor creating opportunities for every child in Chicago to play our national pastime. According to Dr. Siegal, who holds a Ph.D. in sport psychology among her other coaching credentials, “Too often, girls are told they cannot play baseball simply because they are girls. There is a cultural myth that baseball is for boys and softball is for girls. We believe that baseball is the greatest game on earth and both girls and boys should be allowed to play it.” Similarly, CBEA has a complementary mission, to provide opportunities for all children, regardless of their income, to play baseball. And, with the state-of-the-art facilities at Curtis Granderson Stadium and UIC, girls and boys can be inspired and learn that no matter what their dreams are, they can achieve them, both on and off the baseball diamond. Dr. Rob Daniels and his daughter, Taylor, age 16, founded Illinois Girls Baseball to achieve a childhood dream for Taylor, to form the first all-girl baseball league. With the creation of this six-week camp, they are one step closer to making their dream a reality.

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