really focuses on giving back to the community and also reach kids that might not otherwise have the opportunity or in our case might not have a chance to set foot on a college campus.
of those guys in ten years becomes an AllAmerican, that’s a cool story but I think we’re going to affect so many lives in a positive way, way beyond the scope of just college baseball.
I look at that as a little less as how it’s going to work as coach or a college recruiter and more so how many lives we can impact as a baseball program. We are in such a centrally located area at CSUN within in a 20 miles in any direction you have some of the toughest neighborhoods and some of the toughest communities…So we look at it as a way to give kids the opportunity to see what it’s like to be on campus, see what the day-to-day of a college campus looks like and give a sneak peak of what it could be like to be a college baseball player.
I believe in Coach Moore and the CSUN baseball staff and I believe in Derron Spiller and Mike Thorne and what they’re doing with Home Field 4 Champions and it really just makes sense to try to bring the two together.
Home Field 4 Champions has such a good vision in terms of trying to break down some barriers of that pay-to-play mentality in baseball, it’s gotten so out of hand where unless you have a certain amount of money to play baseball you don’t get that opportunity. I just love the idea of helping kids that really do want that shot at playing at a high level and giving them the whole thing not just the baseball, giving them the picture of what it's like to be a good student, what those habits are like and giving them some idea of nutrition and strength and conditioning along with having those checkpoints that you have to meet. I just think for me if one
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Q: What do you see envision for the future? It starts with the people. From Derron Spiller and Mike Thorne, who are two of the best people I’ve ever encountered. They care about things. They are in it for the right reasons. They are about the kids, they are about development. They see there shouldn't be fee restrictions on giving a kid the chance to develop and have a chance to play at the high school or college level. Home Field 4 Champions is trying to do the same thing we’ve been doing at CSUN for 5 years and take it to a different level by bringing in pros from all walks of life and create a connected access that allows big companies big industries to say “I want to give back.” It starts with the mission.
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