PHILADELPHIA -- The Urban Youth Academy movement is maturing and simultaneously bearing new fruit.
Major League Baseball and the Philadelphia Phillies opened the latest Urban Youth Academy on Thursday, expanding the league's revolutionary project to all sectors of the country. The first UYA was opened in California in 2006, and the next three were placed in the South and Midwest. Philadelphia represents the first time the Urban Youth Academy concept has come to the East Coast, and it's a market that may be perfectly suited to take the next step.
The Phillies already boast one of the league's most active RBI programs, which stands for Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities.