BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE,LAGOS
The Lagos State BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION has affirmed his promises to develop the game in the State through Grassroots development .
The Chairman of the State Baseball and Softball Association, MR ABIODUN LAWRENCE OGIDAN said the aim is to spread the game across the schools in the State and provide the necessary equipment and to train the schools games’ teachers the technical aspect of the game.
MR LAWRENCE OGIDAN further said that some people have indicated interest to be an international consultants to Lagos State Baseball and Softball in terms of raising the game to international standard in Lagos State and as well as to have a sister club in the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
“We are ready to take this game to all schools in Lagos state and provide necessary training kits for the schools because we believe in Grassroots Development. We will also train the schools games teachers on the technical aspects of the game.
“We have access to kits don’t let us worry ourselves about that, whether locally or internationally, already I can tell you what is on the way, there are three separate clubs in the United states that are willing to partner with Lagos State Baseball and Softball association. Personally I have two people who have told me and expressed their wish to be an international consultants to us in terms of having a sister club abroad. I know in Atlanta, I know in Dallas and in Maryland they are ready to work with us and this will help us in terms of kits”.
He further emphasized that his Board is organizing a well -structured League in order to get attention from well- meaning Nigerians who are staunched lover of Baseball and Softball in the country adding that their aim is to have long, medium and short term plans which is to build a Lagos state Baseball Park.
“ Our plan is to have a land for a baseball Park which has been discussed with the incoming Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu and having a Baseball Park will solved many problems in developing the game which is our long term plan which will definitely attract sponsors to invest into the game and have a well structured league in the state”.
The Lagos state Baseball and Softball league kicks off date will be announced in due course.
The league will run for six weeks.
