USA Baseball cancels National Team Championships in Arizona
Local youth baseball players and their families learned that USA Baseball announced the cancellation of the 2020 National Team Championships in Arizona recently. The announcement came just a week after the decision was made to cancel a multitude of USA Baseball events nationwide due to the escalation of COVID-19 transmissions, especially within the state of Arizona and throughout the U.S. Southwest. The administration behind the Arizona event said they will not be rescheduled in 2020 but will return in 2021.“It is disappointing to announce the cancellation of our National Team Championships in Arizona for this summer; however, we feel this course of action is prudent in order to protect the long-term health, safety and well-being of the thousands of participants and their families wh