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Baseball In Egypt? Meet The Group Making It Happen
Kemp Gouldin loves baseball. He enjoys playing it. He is happy to teach it.
But more importantly, Gouldin believes in baseball. He believes that baseball can create benefits that stretch far beyond the diamond.
Gouldin’s career has taken him around the world, and in doing so it has helped spark his passion. His goal is to make baseball a viable, thriving sport in Egypt. And starting from scratch, his Because Baseball group has established a foothold.
“Let’s bring baseball to Egypt. That was the driving factor behind (Because Baseball)," Gouldin said. "If baseball can really bring together family, community and culture in the U.S., why couldn’t that be applied anywhere?”
ARAB America
Because Baseball Named Winner of the 2020 Leaders Sports Community Award
Because Baseball was recently named winner of the 2020 Leaders Sports Community Award. The Community Award, in partnership with Facebook, seeks out and celebrates an organization that is using sport to bring a community together. “It’s tremendously gratifying to see the hard work of so many people pay off,” said Gouldin. “This award is the culmination of innumerable contributions from our supporters, volunteers, and participants.”
Baseball Youth
WHY EGYPT? BECAUSE BASEBALL.
On first glance, baseball and Egypt seem to go together like peanut butter and motor oil. But first glances are rarely reliable, especially when the subject of said glance is complex, layered and several thousand years old. From the pharaohs to the Arab Spring, no country on earth can lay claim to having more directly impacted the direction of humanity than Egypt, home of many of the world’s firsts, including the sun dial, papyrus, black ink and written language.
Whether the ancient Egyptians invented the written word with baseball in mind is a question for the scientists; however, don’t be too quick to dismiss the idea. There are some who believe that precursors to baseball were invented in Egypt as far back as 1,500 BCE.
WBSC
Because Baseball nominated to Peace and Sport Awards
Because Baseball is nominated in the category Regional-Peace-Through Sport Initiative of the Year.
“My congratulations go to Because Baseball and to Mr Gouldin for his effort” commented WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari “This nomination is yet another demonstration of the power of our sport and its global relevance and appeal for social developments.”
Created in 2008, the annual Peace and Sport Awards reward international or regional organizations and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to peace, dialogue and social change in the world through sport.
Nile FM
INTERVIEW: San Francisco Giants Former General Manager On Bringing Baseball Back To Egypt
On today's The Morning Show, Bobby Evans, former general manager of the San Francisco Giants (previously the New York Giants) and Kemp Gouldin, founder of Because Baseball, joined Mark and Sally to talk about bringing baseball to Egypt.
Because Baseball is an initiative that works on bringing together the east and west, on the basis of baseball – by teaching children how to play the game and creating little leagues.
Washington Times
Because Baseball All-stars, games can unite people
Baseball has a history of bringing people together. Nearly a century ago, different ethnic neighborhoods in certain U.S. metropolitan cities had huge animosity toward one and other, except on game day. Baseball bridged the divide.
Almasry alyoum
More exciting press for our Cairo Youth Spring Training and Exhibition - feature article in @AlMasryAlYoum print edition.
NILE FM Radio
The Morning Show with Mark and Sally
On today's morning Show, Kemp Gouldin, founder of Because Baseball, shared with Mark & Sally all the fun activities his initiative has been grounding in Egypt, and what it has to add to the Egyptian community.
Huffington Post
Bringing Baseball to the Land of the Pharaohs
When Kemp Gouldin told his Egyptian friends that he was planning an initiative to bring Baseball to Egypt, they all laughed thinking their American friend was kidding, not only because they thought the logistics would make the mission impossible but also because most Egyptians do not know what the hell Baseball is.
But to their surprise, this determined Sales and Marketing Executive from Washington DC did it and initiative “Because Baseball” was born.
Inside Pitch
Because Baseball
almasry alyoum Video Report
Right This Minute
Baseball is a sport that can transcend countries, languages, and culture. Because of that fact, Kemp Gouldin created "Because Baseball," the first Egyptian Youth Baseball League. The children have not only never played the game before, they never even touched a baseball. The kids are loving the game and this introduction to American culture. Mr. Gouldin joins our RightThisMinute hosts via Skype to talk more about this amazing program.