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Farewell to a Legend: Honoring Willie Mays

Willie Mays, affectionately known as the "Say Hey Kid," is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in history. Beginning his illustrious career with the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro League, Mays transitioned to the National League (NL), where he played for the New York/San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets until his retirement in 1972. Following his playing career, he coached the Mets for seven years and later served as a special assistant to the president and general manager of the Giants.

Here at GEAYA, we honor the remarkable career and contributions of Willie Mays to the game of baseball. After graduating high school, Mays became the 10th Black player to join Major League Baseball (MLB). Throughout his MLB career, he earned two MVP awards and participated in 24 All-Star games, tying for the second-most All-Star appearances in history. His professional baseball career spanned over 25 years—two years in the Negro League and 23 years in the MLB.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Willie Mays for his incredible impact on baseball. He will be deeply missed but forever celebrated.

Monday, May 27, 2024

The Sandlot Revolution will be having its Memorial Day Baseball Bash at Downs Field on Monday, May 27, 2024 starting at 10 AM with the Nightcrawlers vs. The Drag.

Join us!

GEAYA will be raising money selling drinks at the game! Stop by and say HI!

GEAYA’S pitcher, Nico, who plays on the Kanines Majors team will be throwing out the first pitch at 3:45 PM!

Game Listings:

• 10 AM Nightcrawlers vs. The Drag
•  1 PM Smoke vs. Space Cowboys
• 4 PM Grackles vs. Playboys
•  7PM Warbirds vs. Cobras

Hope to see you there!

GEAYA Honored at Sandlot League Labor Day Games at Downs Field

Monday, September 4, 2023

It was a hot Labor Day this year. It was also a great Labor Day for the Greater East Austin Youth Association (GEAYA)! As part of the Austin Sandlot League Labor Day celebration, GEAYA will receive 50% of the proceeds from the Sandlot League's raffle, and GEAYA head coach and coach coordinator Emaan Abdelbaki threw out the first pitch before the 4PM game between the Yardbirds and the Tallboys. 

The Austin Sandlot league is adding up proceeds and will be contacting GEAYA administration with the donation amount. “We’re so grateful and honored to be recognized by the Sandlot League this way,” said Emaan Abdelbaki. “Special thanks go out to Joel Manzo (former GEAYA head coach for Majors Player Pitch) with the Sandlot League Yardbirds and Katherine Smith with the Tallboys for making this happen.” 

“It’s great to know that the baseball community recognizes and sees the impact and value GEAYA brings to East Austin,” said Lee Dawson Jr., Vice President/Commissioner of GEAYA. “Thank you, Joel and Katherine and all the Sandlot League teams!”

We’ll update this post once we receive the amount of the donation.

If you want to see Coach Emaan’s pitch, Click Here! “I’ve never thrown out the first pitch at a game before, I practiced with Nico right before the game, Coach Emaan said. “I got it to the plate!”

 

GEAYA Baseball & Softball Participate in the 2022 Austin Juneteenth Celebration Parade

GEAYA is a proud sponsor of the Austin Juneteenth Celebration each year, and this year we showcased our softball and baseball teams in the annual parade. It was a first for our softball and baseball programs!

Volunteer players and coaches marched in uniform and proudly represented our GEAYA family.

Players got to meet the UT Football Team and BEVO! Hook ’em Horns!

It was hot, but the players kept going and had a great time!