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Thesis: The positive effects of baseball can help steer impressionable children away from gangs.

Inrto: Show the pressure on young kids in inner cities to join gangs in order to fit in.

First topic: The ludlow baseball league and how they have allowed kids the chance to play, grow, and mature showing them the positives of the game versus the positives of dealing drugs.

Second Topic: Baseball can be a way out of the city. Penn Charter Student is using baseball as a way to get into a good highschool and college keeping him away from the streets.

Third Topic: Young men from Calabrini Green from the book hardball have personal interactions and pressure to join gangs based on where they live in the city. Baseball gives them a chance to do something better and productive.

Conclusion: Show the positives of baseball summerizing the above points and also the positive choices of certain young people avoiding gangs and drug dealing.

Quotes Involved parents say they help out with the team because they understand the benefits of keeping their children involved with positive activities like baseball that teaches players important values like teamwork and sportsmanship while steering them away from darker paths. It’s a common sentiment among parents here. Most have seen firsthand how young lives can be swallowed by the streets, the worst fear of parents in troubled urban communities Ludlow His South Philadelphia neighborhood is marred by "a lot of violence and drugs." "This place has taken me away from the negative things," he said. Students will also receive educational resources, such as academic tutoring and SAT prep courses. "And if there's a weakness," said Anderson leader Steve Bandura, 49, "it will be addressed." Students and their parents will sign contracts to symbolize their commitment to the program. Youth academy

“You ain’t got to go with them,” Hudson tells them. “Let them do what they do. You’re going to see others skipping out. But not you. You’re going to stick with it. You’re going to make the best of what you have.”

Orlando Hudson

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