What happens when you bring some of the best Black baseball players in the world to paradise? Here is your chance to find out. BBM was on hand in Nassau, Bahamas, for the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby and events hosted by Minority Baseball Prospects (MBP) and the Players Alliance (TPA). The following is a behind-the-scenes look courtesy of Cheats’s (BBM, Founder) film camera.
Jazz..Triston MckenzieDon’t Blink HR Derby Co-Founder Lucius FoxThese ladies (and so many others) were great all week.Jazz under the lights…Don’t Blink HR Derby Co-Founder Todd Isaacs, TPA Board Member CC Sabathia, TPA Board Chair Curtis Granderson Lawrence Butler & CCHosea NelsonJames WoodBahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis (Center), flanked by TPA Board Members Edwin Jackson, Michael Bourn, Lu, Todd, CC, and Curtis. Minority Baseball ProspectsThe Palacious Brothers: Josh and Richie Tommy PhamEric DavisCY & CCTPA Co-Founder Dee Strange-Gordon AJ Andrews & Amber Sabathia
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