Southern Command Baseball Team Embarks on \’Friendship Tour\’ to Latin America

By Petty Officer 1st Class Gino Flores
Special to American Forces Press Service

MIAMI, March 24, 2009 – A baseball team representing U.S. Southern Command will begin a 25-day \”friendship tour\” to five Latin American nations March 27 to play in exhibition games and conduct free clinics for aspiring players.

The team, comprising command players, is scheduled to visit communities in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile and the Dominican Republic. 

The team will participate in exhibition games with military and civilian teams and conduct clinics for various age groups. It also will visit schools, hospitals, orphanages and little leagues. 

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