In partnership with the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (YDF), the Braves will host the top 44 elite high school baseball players from the Hank Aaron Invitational for a special cultural day on Saturday, July 29 and showcase game on Sunday, July 30 at Truist Park. The players will be selected to participate based on their performance during the week prior at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla.
These elite athletes will participate in a civil rights tour of Atlanta on Saturday, July 29, featuring a private tour of The King Center and The Atlanta University Center. The tours will conclude with lunch at Paschal’s Atlanta Restaurant, the ‘meeting place’ for some of the most notable entertainers, politicians, and businesspeople during the civil rights movement. The athletes will hear from Paschal’s historian, then from Mrs. Billye Aaron and civil rights leader, Ambassador Andrew Young.
The Hank Aaron Invitational is an annual event – supported by USA Baseball and the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation – featuring the top 44 high school-aged players from around the United States.
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