Former Toronto Blue Jay Jesse Barfield has been in Huron County the past two days working with the region's young ball players.
The two time gold glover ran drills and signed autographs at the 3rd Annual Clinton Minor Baseball Camp.
He told CKNX News that he was impressed by the amount of talented players in Huron County. [audio wav="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Barfield2.wav"][/audio]
Barfield runs similar clinics throughout Canada and says the extra coaching is important due to the small summer window for Canadian Baseball players. He adds with the amount of ball players that play hockey getting the mechanics right is key.
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Huron Bruce MP Ben Lobb and Clinton Minor Baseball hosted the 3rd Annual Clinton Minor Baseball Camp on July 13th and 14th. The camp, was two days of youth focused baseball instruction, and sold out for the 3rd consecutive year. Along with Barfield NCAA Head Baseball Coach Mark Brew was also in attendance.
