England cricket star Harry Brook swaps Bazball for BASEBALL as he takes on ambassadorial role with Major League Baseball Europe and will test his batting skills at camp with St. Louis Cardinals ahead of this summer's games in London Harry Brook has taken on an ambassadorial role for Major League Baseball The England cricketer will be training with the St. Louis Cardinals this weekend London will host MLB matches between Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in June By Richard Gibson for the Daily Mail Published: 18:42, 2 March 2023 | Updated: 22:43, 2 March 2023 e-mail View comments Harry Brook has ditched Bazball for baseball, and runs for home runs, with a Stateside stop-off on his return from England’s tour of New Zealand.
Brook, 24, made Test history by scoring more prolifically across his first nine innings (809) than any other player and hitting 20 sixes along the way. He also showed off his skills with the ball, by getting his maiden test wicket by dismissing New Zealand's Kane Williamson in Wellington. And as part of a new ambassadorial role with Major League Baseball Europe, he will test his big-hitting prowess at a St Louis Cardinals camp in Florida this weekend.
'I’m intrigued to see how different it is to cricket and what similarities there are too – will a home run feel as good as hitting a six?! Harry Brook will switch his sporting attention to Major League Baseball ahead of matches in London this summer I’m also excited to learn from how other professional sportspeople go about their game and see if there are any transferable skills between batting in baseball and cricket,’ Brook said, in a MLB release. Fellow England star and management stablemate Issy Wong is also involved in promoting the sport in the UK and specifically matches between the Cardinals and Chicago Cubs at the London Stadium on June 24-25. Each of them will don MLB stickers on their bats going forward, including at the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League later this month.
The MLB games will be first to be played in London since 2019, when the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox. Further matches were then curtailed by COVID-19 pandemic and re-arranged for the summer of 2023. Brook was one of the stars of the show for England during their test series against New Zealand Share or comment on this article: Harry Brook swaps Bazball for baseball as he takes on ambassadorial role with Major League Baseball e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted.
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