DREAM Series participants bond before college<\/title><br \/>\n <meta data-rh=\"true\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"description\" content=\"TEMPE, Ariz. -- Monday marked the end of the DREAM Series in Arizona, although some of the teammates will see each other again very soon. The ninth annual baseball-development experience, designed to help diversify the talent pool of minority players, features more than 80 predominantly African American high school pitchers\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEMPE, Ariz. -- Monday marked the end of the DREAM Series in Arizona, although some of the teammates will see each other again very soon. 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This weekend at the Angels’ Spring Training facility in Tempe marked Downs’ second DREAM Series between the MLB ID Tour, the Area Code Games, and two different rosters with the Hank Aaron Invitational.nnDowns knows what the opportunities in the coaching program are all about.nn\u201cLearning, listening, \\[getting\\] the better,” he said.nnThe fact that all four DREAM veterans will be playing Division I football together in the SEC adds to the true spirit of the program that is celebrated every Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.nn”It’s already like a brotherhood,” Downs said. “Before we get there, we already know everybody, and we’re close to everything. It’s already like a brotherhood before we even step on campus.”nnThe number of African-American players in MLB is increasing, especially because of youth development programs that not only bring the game to young kids but have tangible results, said LaTroy Hawkins, who enjoyed a 21-year career in the Majors from 1995 to 201 returned to the DREA for his 8th weekend. Series.nnHe wasn’t surprised. college recruits.nn\u201cI’ve seen it grow from kids who couldn’t catch the ball to guys coming up to us and saying, ‘Oh, he’s going to be a first rounder,’\u201d Hawkins said.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Oshumeka”,”html<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\""instagram-media"\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\""https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTthqaujCyv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading"\" data-instgrm-version=\""14"\" style=\""\" background:=\"\" border:0=\"\" border-radius:3px=\"\" box-shadow:0=\"\" rgba=\"\" margin:=\"\" max-width:658px=\"\" min-width:326px=\"\" padding:0=\"\" width:99.375=\"\" width:-webkit-calc=\"\" width:calc=\"\"\/><p>n”,”providerName”:”Instagram”,”providerUrl”:” grew up in Gary, Ind., in the ’70s and ’80s and found the game through his grandparents and his mother’s devotion to the Cubs nearby. When the young Hawkins came home from school, he would watch afternoon Cubs games on TV (\u201cI got a chance to see the great Lee Smith come in and play\u201d) and then catch the night broadcast of the White Sox game.nn\u201cI had the best of both worlds,\u201d he said. “That was my introduction to it.”nnAt the DREAM series, Hawkins was quick to note the contributions of MLB executives Tony Reagins (chief baseball development officer), Del Matthews (senior vice president of baseball development) and Kindu Jones (baseball development manager) for growing the game in minority communities.nnDREA hopes have since emerged. 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\n DREAM Series participants bond before college<\/title><br \/>\n <meta data-rh=\"true\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" name=\"description\" content=\"TEMPE, Ariz. -- Monday marked the end of the DREAM Series in Arizona, although some of the teammates will see each other again very soon. The ninth annual baseball-development experience, designed to help diversify the talent pool of minority players, features more than 80 predominantly African American high school pitchers\"\/><meta data-rh=\"true\" property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEMPE, Ariz. -- Monday marked the end of the DREAM Series in Arizona, although some of the teammates will see each other again very soon. 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This weekend at the Angels’ Spring Training facility in Tempe marked Downs’ second DREAM Series between the MLB ID Tour, the Area Code Games, and two different rosters with the Hank Aaron Invitational.nnDowns knows what the opportunities in the coaching program are all about.nn\u201cLearning, listening, \\[getting\\] the better,” he said.nnThe fact that all four DREAM veterans will be playing Division I football together in the SEC adds to the true spirit of the program that is celebrated every Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.nn”It’s already like a brotherhood,” Downs said. “Before we get there, we already know everybody, and we’re close to everything. 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