DALLAS -- The Texas Rangers and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and Dallas-based Mercy Street today jointly announced plans to build the Texas Rangers MLB Urban Youth Academy in West Dallas. The project was announced at a press conference attended by Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr.; Texas Rangers Co-Chairman Ray Davis; Neil Leibman (Chairman, Texas Rangers Ownership Committee; Chairman, Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation); MLBPA Senior Adviser to the Executive Director Omar Minaya; Rangers Pitcher and Member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation Derek Holland; Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Pitcher and Dallas native Clayton Kershaw; and Mercy Street Founder & Executive Director Trey Hill.
Rangers announce plans for new Urban Youth Academy
