My parents are ready. My coaches are ready. My Leaders are ready. Let’s go!

We are a little over three hours away from our first fall Legacy League practice. We consider every practice to be an event because we aim to provide a positive experience for everybody involved. 

Day 1 will consist of assessments according to my fall curriculum. I have developed some of the best baseball players in the major leagues by first assessing their strengths and weaknesses.  The assessment also holds our coaching staff accountable because we measure improvement throughout the fall and coaches are graded as well.

We have 60 middle and high school student-athletes that want to use baseball to access college. If the young men have made it this far in our application process, we owe them the best professional baseball development opportunity. 

Year round baseball is in the inner city of Atlanta. We ready!

Contrary to popular belief, baseball is an individual sport played in a team concept.  Since childhood, I have always heard that there is no “I” in team.  According to Webster’s dictionary that is true but in order to have a successful team, each individual has a has to be at its best.

For the 2011 Legacy League fall season, we have adopted a theme that we hope will foster a winning culture for our Leaders both on and off the field.  Be…We…is the theme that I thought of that will serve as a reminder to over achieve to our Leaders, their parents, our coaching staff and supporters.

If I wake up every morning striving to be my best, we as an organization will be our best.  Students being enthused and respectful in the classroom will allow L.E.A.D. to send more student-athletes to college on scholarship.  Being on time and prepared for each practice will allow L.E.A.D. to win more games on the field.  Being willing to serve our community will allow our community to become all that we desire.  Being exposed to the best of Atlanta allows Atlanta to benefit from our investment in it.

The time is now!  If not now, when?  If not me, who?  Be your best and we will be our best!

If something of value is provided, people will invest and support it. From 10AM-2PM today, families were interviewed for L.E.A.D. scholarships. Contrary to popular belief, African-American males love this game. They want to contribute to the legacy and tradition of the game.

Like tax season, there is a time of year when the media asks the infamous question, “where are the African-American baseball players?” That time of year isn’t the fall because football owns the headlines.

In the inner city of Atlanta, L.E.A.D. has developed year round programming for middle and high school baseball players. These young men aren’t playing for fun either. They develop under a proven curriculum, methodology and training process. L.E.A.D. scholarships lead to college scholarships.

L.E.A.D.’s fall Legacy League program is the answer for young men who want to use baseball to access college as well as developing a professional network for post college career opportunities.

Since 2007, 89% of my Ambassadors have enrolled in college with a baseball scholarship. We achieve success by offering programs with value. The young men that fulfill the requirements of L.E.A.D. will achieve.  When they achieve, Atlanta achieves.

They want it! They deserve it! So I give it!

Join L.E.A.D. at www.Lead2Legacy.org. L.E.A.D. Today…Change Tomorrow!

The world is ready to see the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC. Dr. King’s legacy is still alive but we can do so much better here in Atlanta.

Dr. King didn’t march so that Atlanta would have one of the nations highest crime rates.

Dr. King didn’t speak to millions about hope so that his school district would graduate 34% of it’s African American males from high school.

Dr. King didn’t ignore death threats so that thousands of Atlantans would live at or below the poverty level.

Dr. King had a dream so that you and I could see the reality. My reality is that I’m able to be great because I can serve others. My reality is that I can be anything that my God wants me to be. It’s not up to me. My reality is that talk is cheap and walking makes you weary but prayer, faith and courage creates icons. I want to be ICONIC.

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It is that time of year again when L.E.A.D. gets the opportunity to partner with 60 new families during our fall Legacy League program.  The Legacy League is America’s first fall instructional league that focuses on the professional baseball development of inner city middle and high school baseball talent for the sole purpose of receiving college baseball scholarships.

Why are we considered professionals?  We are professionals because we instruct from a proven curriculum, patented process and comprehensive methodology developed by our founder C.J. Stewart, owner of Diamond Directors.

Since 2007, 100% of our L.E.A.D. Ambassadors have graduated from high school and enrolled in college while 89% of them have enrolled in college with a baseball scholarship.  Now that is Impact with a capital I!

We are very intentional when it comes down to making a difference in the lives of our young men.  Impact is more than a trending buzz word to us.  We measure our impact.  We want to be held accountable.  My coaches and I enjoy being mentors and the families that we serve are counting on us to help make attending college a reality.  If a young man goes to college, L.E.A.D. gets an A, if he doesn’t we get an F.  Period.

Baseball is a fun and challenging sport that can teach so many life lessons.  I am a firm believer that baseball doesn’t build character, it exposes it.  On Saturday, August 27th, I will look in the curious eyes of young men from Booker T. Washington High School.  I will shake the firm hands of young men from Joseph Emerson Brown Middle School.  I will stand proud before several families within the Atlanta Public School System assuring them that they are in the right place at the right time.

We are committed to continuing to Launch, Expose, Advise and Direct.  Atlanta is counting on us!

Check us out at Lead2Legacy.org.  We want you to join us!