A member of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, the DC Grays are named in honor of the Negro League champion Homestead Grays. The mission of the Grays is to provide opportunities for college players, particularly African-American players, to develop their skills against some of the top college players in the country, and give inner city youth a chance to learn the great game of baseball. Our skills clinics include an education component, because we want to show kids how the skills needed on the playing field are just as important in the classroom. We want to be “ambassadors for baseball” in one of the most economically-challenged areas of Washington, D.C.