Baseball Gives Back
Welcome to Baseball Gives Back of Global Sports Foundation, a non-profit corporation. Through a love and passion for baseball, our mission is twofold:
We provide gently used and new baseball equipment for underprivileged children and adults in the U.S and the world. The pictures throughout this website are some of the recipients of those generous donations.
We also do special events such as charity baseball games such as the Eli Barken Charity Baseball Game Marathon
Game to raise funds for an individual who is suffering from an illness, such as ALS or cancer. The net proceeds go to the family to help with medical bills or mounting living expenses, due to their ailment.
To learn more about how you can donate your unused equipment or even new equipment.
Newsflash! STRIKE OUT ALS!
Marathon Game to be held at Lance Berkman Inspiration Field at Faith West Academy with proceeds to help a man suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). i-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Radio Ad- 60 Second Public Service Announcement to promote the charity game, now airing on Houston radio stations Click Here to Listen
The Eli Barken Midnight Madness Charity Baseball Marathon is happening this summer! Amateur players of all ages go the distance, a total of twelve non-stop hours of continuous play in just one game for a great cause.
Click here to learn more about how to play in this historic event, volunteer or be a corporate or individual sponsor.
Underwritten by our Grand Slam Sponsor (click):
This website is dedicated to all those who suffer or have suffered from cancer and ALS...
The creation of this website was inspired through the untimely loss of friends Ray Lammie and Michael Goldsmith. Ray created the Eli Barken Charity Events before he passed away from a multi-bout fight with cancer. Michael, who passed away from ALS, brought much needed attention to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), by convincing Major League Baseball to have an ALS Awareness Day and Charity created on July 4, 2009, the 70th Anniversary of Gehrig's moving speech at Yankee Stadium. Ray and Michael were humanitarians, avid baseball players and fans; they are sorely missed...