Don’t Blink 2020

Mark the dates for Don’t Blink 2020 Home Run Derby in the Bahamas; Coming January 4th, 2020, at the Montague Beach foreshore. Some of minor league baseball top prospects. Will be hitting home runs into the blue waters of the Bahamas.

This year’s format remains the same as the team competition will get the day started.  When defending champions Team Isaacs with the likes of Nate Lowe, Will Benson, Shed Long, and Nolan Jones, who defeated Team Fox with the likes of Bo Bichette, Kristian Robinson, Jazz Chisholm, and Monte Harrison.

Hence, team Fox said that team Isaacs got lucky last year, and they will be coming for what belongs to them. “The Home Run Derby crown,” they will be looking to add some more home run power after the draft.

Team Isaacs 2019

Todd Isaacs Jr            Nate Lowe                Will Benson          Shed Long               Nolan Jones

Team Fox 2019

Lucius Fox Jr                  Bo Bichette          Jazz Chisholm      Kristian Robinson   Monte Harrison

All Photos by Mathew Carper.

The Home Run Derby Draft is coming soon.

As we await the Don’t Blink 242 Home Run Derby in Paradise draft, we saw the names of some top prospects who will be in town for the derby. Stay Tune!

The Venue.

Montague Beach is the home of the Don’t Blink 2020 home run derby once again. Located on the eastern side of the Island, the foreshores of Montague has it’s own Fort. Built in 1741 of local limestone, Fort Montagu is the oldest fort still standing on the island of New Providence. It is at the eastern end of Nassau Harbour along the waterfront that protected the city of Nassau during the days of the Pirates. Tours are conducted Monday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m

Furthermore, the blue waters and sandy beaches are a sight to see, with Paradise Island in the background with shore littered with homes of the rich and famous. And just to the left, you can see the world-famous Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel.

Don’t Blink 242 Home Run Derby in Paradise coming this January 4th, 2020.

PlayBall

Adding a new feature to this year’s event, PlayBall. Yes! Kids and young players ages 4 to 18 are invited out on January 3rd, 2020, with the MLB PlayBall clinic at Paradise Island Harbour Front that faces the world-famous Nassau Harbour, where some of the world’s largest cruise ships dock.

Register your Kids online https://www.playball.org/events

Jeff Francis

Jeffrey was born on April 29th, 1961, in Nassau, Bahamas to Rejoiner Ann Rolle and Jerome James Francis Etienne. Married to Andrea G. Rolle-Francis, they have two daughters; Janae Latoya Francis, a graduate of Allegany College of Maryland, and Jessica Lee Francis a graduate Potomac State College West Virginia University in Kyser West Virginia. Jeffrey was coaching the sport of baseball from 1980 at the age of 18 years old because he loved the sport as a kid. He started listening to the game over the radio out of Miami Florida in the late 60s and in the early 70s started playing the game locally in various local leagues right up to the premier senior league; a league where all of the current Bahamian minor leaguers played. In 1982, Jeffrey had an invite to a three day tryout with the New York Yankees in Hollywood Florida, which was an awesome experience that is lasting a life time memory for him. Jeffrey has been following the Bahamian baseball players in the minor leagues since 1999 with Angelo Burrows, but found greater interest with the signing of Antoan Richardson in 2005. He also writes a year end review on their play on his Facebook page, Baseball Bahamas, and he has a website with the same name. He has a great following and would love to expose the baseball players to a bigger worldwide audience. He has a good relationship with all the players because he personally coached most of them. His favorite MLB Team is the Detroit Tigers from 1969.