Oakland's Tyson Ross bringing "Loyal To My Soil" Baseball Camp to West Oakland

Courtesy of CoachingCorps.org

By Connor Buestad | Connor@Section925.com

On Friday, January 22nd, Oakland native Tyson Ross will be bringing a full day of professional level baseball instruction to Bay Area youth, free of charge. The first annual “Loyal To My Soil” Elite Baseball Camp will take place at Oakland’s Raimondi Park and will be committed to serving roughly 50 inner city high school baseball players as well as accompanied parents and coaches.

Ross, who played his high school baseball in East Oakland at Bishop O’Dowd before starring at Cal and pitching for both the A’s and Giants, is partnering with CoachingCorps.org to get the camp off the ground and keep it going for years to come. Ross’ stated goal for the camp is to unify the local community and revitalize baseball in under resourced black and brown baseball programs in and around Oakland. Local professional players and coaches are expected to attend the camp and give back both their technical knowledge of the game to local players as well has share general life wisdom with everyone in attendance.

Along with general baseball skills training, the camp will feature mental skills coaching, Sparta Science Force Plate Scans, college recruitment advice, mentorship opportunities, and guest speaker seminars from top names in the game of baseball.

Now with ten years under his belt as a Big Leaguer, including over 900 innings logged on the mound, Ross is looking to do everything he can to help promote baseball in the city where he first fell in love with the game. He will be doing exactly that to help ring in the new year before heading off to yet another Spring Training Camp of his own.

Ross pitching for his hometown team.