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Today I heard about New York Yankee star and former guest on Seattle’s own “Music Inner City TV”/”Sports Inner City TV” Curtis Granderson being hurt in a pre-season game is out about 10 weeks. It was his first time at bat for the pre-season. That is sad.

But off the field Granderson has done a lot for kids in the inner city with his “Grand Kids Foundation”. He started his foundation in 2007. And he is doing great things for the youth. And I just want to let our readers know about it.

His foundation gives away grants and has fundraisers and has events for kids in New York and Detriot and other cities.

When I interviewed Curtis here at Safeco Field in Seattle you could tell he is a good dude. And down to earth as well.

I asked Curtis about the lack of African Americans playing baseball right now. It is only 8% in MLB. He said it starts with MLB reaching back in the inner cities to try to get kids interested in playing baseball and it also falls back on the players to reach back.

Other African American MLB player’s are trying to give back. Like CeCe Sabathia and Torii Hunter and others. By the way both of them have also appeared on our TV show from Safeco Field.

Granderson is also a spokesperson for First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign. So you can see Curtis Granderson is not on there brothas who just plays baseball and sits back after the games or during the off season. He knows kids look up to him as a big league baseball player and knows he is a role model for a lot of kids. So a big shout out to Granderson for what he is doing with his foundation.

Gordon Curvey