International Baseball Coach Excited For New Challenge

No limitations. From the first day he stepped on Swiss soil in 1993, Marvin “Merv” Moore has encountered the countless limitations that hamper the growth of baseball in most countries in Asia and Europe. “Besides a lack of practice sessions, playing fields, and equipment, the sport also suffers from a low number of organized leagues that help baseball players hone their skills,” the native Texan said recently. “Europe is proof that playing baseball 8-10 hours a week will not develop a consistent pipeline of professional-caliber prospects.” Moore has always been a fan of the Dominican Baseball Academies model of developing elite prospects, and along with his Filipino wife, will launch the Bohol Coconuts Baseball Club in September. It is a “dream come true” for a coach who feels he finally has an opportunity to develop baseball prospects that can compete on the international stage. “I had the opportunity to coach a few teenagers in Switzerland for 3-4 years, and I have always wondered what would have happened if I could train a kid for 7-8 years,” the 59 year-old coach pondered. “This is a challenge I have been waiting on for my entire life.”