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Have an Extra Room? Why Not Play Host to a Baseball Player

Hamptons Collegiate Baseball is looking for housing for its players during the 2012 season.

The  is searching for families to house their players for eight weeks during the upcoming season.

With new teams to start this year  and in Center Moriches, and new players ready for the roster of the Southampton Breakers, players are looking for housing, part-time jobs and other opportunities to participate in the community. Host families are required to supply a player with a room, a bed, laundry and meals, but will not need to provide transportation.

The Southampton Breakers are one of seven teams playing in the 5th season of the The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball Division, which is sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball with top college players from around the country that have a dream and the dedication to make it to the major leagues.

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Players will arrive early in June and stay until the first week in August. They will play baseball five or six days a week and will workout at local gyms. "These young men have been carefully screened and prepared by their college coaches and only those with the necessary maturity are given the opportunity to participate," the league states.

Volunteers are also being sought for concessions, merchandise, food and supply donations, and in-between-inning fun activity coordinator.

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Contact Millie Fellingham at MillieFellingham@SouthamptonBreakers.org or 516-316-1119 for a chance to talk to an existing host family and learn more about the experience.

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