December 2024 - Main Street Baseball Club Presents $6,000 Donation to Pink Clover Foundation Main Street Baseball Club is proud to announce the presentation of a $6,000 donation to the Pink Clover Foundation, a local Swedesboro, nonprofit dedicated to assisting women who are struggling while battling breast cancer. Currently, 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer. The Pink Clover Foundation focuses on 3 key fundamentals: research, education and comfort. The donation will directly benefit the charity's ongoing programs and initiatives to support individuals affected by breast cancer. “This donation represents a huge impact for our organization,” said Sam Sorbello, founder and CEO, Pink Clover Foundation. “As an all volunteer nonprofit, we rely on donations to provide the support and resources to those fighting breast cancer.” The funds were raised during Main Street’s 5th Annual Strike Out Cancer Baseball Tournament, which drew over 40 youth baseball teams from throughout Southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. “We are thrilled to be able to make such an impactful donation to Pink Clover,” said Kevin Murphy, co-founder, Main Street Baseball Club. “Many of the moms, grandmas, aunts and friends of Main Street players have been directly impacted by breast cancer, this is a natural fit for our organization to contribute to.” Founded in 2019, Main Street Baseball Club is a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving players in Southern New Jersey and surrounding areas, offering competitive baseball and softball programs focused on individual player development, team growth and community involvement. The Pink Clover Foundation was founded by family and friends after the passing of Colleen Sorbello in 2017. While she was fighting breast cancer for 4 years she participated in many trials and was passionate about finding a way to make the treatment less harsh for the women fighting breast cancer. It was important to her family and friends to continue Colleen's fight and so the Pink Clover Foundation was born. For more information, visit: https://www.pinkcloverfoundation.org/
November 2022 - Main Street Baseball and Jersey Nukes Travel Baseball Organizations Combine East Greenwich, NJ – November 17, 2022 – Main Street Baseball, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization today announced that the Jersey Nukes travel baseball teams and the Main Street Baseball organizations have come together. The two clubs have had a symbiotic relationship for the past several years, with both organizations training out of Game Day Athletics in Bellmawr, NJ. In addition, Nukes co-founder and Overbrook High School varsity baseball coach, Greg Himes and his staff have worked closely with the Main Street teams and coaches during their winter training. “Main Street Baseball and the Jersey Nukes bring a shared philosophy toward coaching baseball and player growth that made the decision to combine our resources a natural one,” says Kevin Murphy, co-founder, Main Street Baseball. “In addition to training good ballplayers, we both believe strongly that the lessons learned from baseball are life lessons that carry forward well beyond the ball field.” The two organizations will continue to play under their respective team names, but operationally will share resources for both baseball and back-end operations. “The Nukes’ experience with teams at the high school level, paired with Main Street Baseball’s success in youth baseball provides an opportunity for players to start with and stay with an organization throughout their baseball careers,” commented Greg Himes. “Our staff is looking forward to continuing to work side-by-side with Main Street to transition young players to young adults on and off the baseball field.” Main Street Baseball, Inc. was founded in 2019, playing as the Main Street Mavericks. The organization has since grown to eight total baseball teams ages 8U-13U and in the fall of 2022 added its flagship softball team, the Main Street Swarm. The mission remains to provide competitive baseball and softball programs focused on individual player development, team growth and community involvement. The Jersey Nukes fielded seven teams spread throughout the 10U to 18U age groups in 2022. The Nukes pride themselves on developing players in the program into college baseball commits with 16 such commitments confirmed over the past few years, nine of whom committed over the past 18 months. By combining with Main Street Baseball, the Jersey Nukes look forward to helping more young players maximize their potential on and off the ball field.