We love what we do & why we do it!
Every child deserves the chance to play baseball & we are so thankful for the support we have in the community, w/the
@CityofJax
, w/
@DuvalSchools
, & w/the business leaders, companies, NPOs, & the local colleges and universities!
One of our new initiatives this year was to give every child that came to our nine clinics a glove - mission accomplished! 1,600 gloves were given to children this year as we introduced them to baseball.
You think our baseball community is committed to moving the game forward.
Head coaches Chris Hayes of JU, Reggie Johnson of Edward Waters and Joe Mercadante of UNF all came out today with many of their players. These guys rock.
We are excited to announce the official hiring of our first full time employee
@J_Simmons882
as Director of Operations!
Jarrod has worked with us since late last fall and has earned this opportunity. We look forward to growing our reach and impact!
#BaseballForAll
#Duuuvvvalll
Excited to announce a brand new FREE recreation league at the newly constructed Bragan Baseball Complex at Fort Family Regional Park!
We are offering baseball for ages 4-12 years old. Registration link is in our bio with more details.
Link to register:
Very excited to announce our annual High School Classic, this year adding 12 area softball teams!
The event will take place at the new Bragan Baseball Complex at Fort Family Regional Park!
Come check it out Feb 12-17!
Tickets:
An early morning 5-3 win for the WOC Scout Team down in Ft Myers for PG BCS National Championship!
@Mo_44alamo
goes 4inn allowing only 1 run.
@Coreywimberly13
does his job to close it out. Big hits by Nolan Cameron and
@IsaacNewman2023
and 2 RBI by
@Jnesmith32
. Good team win!
A crazy back and forth game with
@tcabaseballjax
and
@provschoolath
but the Conquerors came out on top 12-11!
Congrats to the Player of the Game Tyler Ellis from Trinity Christian!
Best of luck to both teams as they start their respective seasons next week!
One more game ⚾️
Happy Frank Frangie Friday! Here’s a throwback picture to when Frank was a reporter in Gainesville in 1992. Without Frank this charity wouldn’t be possible and young children wouldn’t have the chance to play baseball for free. Thank you Frank you’re the
#1
Walk Off Warrior! ⚾️💪🏼
What a great first day back for our annual school clinics with
@DuvalSchools
! Weather played along and let these students learn the game today! Thanks to
@FSCJBaseball
@JUBaseball
and
@OspreyBSB
for volunteering today! It was a great day for baseball ⚾️!
WHAT. A. DAY.
Yesterday, we hosted our 1st Clinic with 180 3rd Graders from
@DuvalSchools
at the brand new Bragan Baseball Complex at Fort Family Regional Park. The
@CityofJax
&
@jaxparks
did an amazing job on these fields! Kids had the best time!
Looking forward to many more!
Anotha ☝🏽
Fall ⚾️ Clinic
#3
was our biggest one yet, over 200 kids from
@DuvalSchools
! Perfect weather, huge help from
@FSCJBaseball
players and our volunteer coaches. Special thanks to Faith Field Ministries for donating gloves today!
@BonosBBQ
coming in clutch 🌭, as always!
We love starting our Fridays with baseball ⚾️!
@Frank_Frangie
with his intro to the 100+ kids we had today. Love the reaction when they find out they get a free glove to keep and a hot dog lunch! One kid said “let’s goooo!”…
We love what we do!
#baseball
@DuvalSchools
ITS OPENING DAY! ⚾️
We are so excited for the second year of spring baseball & softball. Thanks to the parents, coaches, umpires & volunteers for making this possible!
Special thanks to CEM Foundation,
@BakersSports
,
@FurykFoundation
,
@jaxparks
, &
@JaxPI
for their support!
…and just like that, baseball ⚾️ is back!
Join us for the Walk Off Charities High School Baseball Classic all next week at Sans Souci Baseball Park!
This event serves as one of our annual fundraisers supporting local youth!
Tickets and details:
With baseball seasons being suspended this spring, we will be holding a “BACK to Baseball” tournament and we want YOU to come out and play! This will be a FREE tournament with 8U, 10U, 12U and high school divisions! Visit our website at to sign up! ⚾️🔥💪🏼
A beautiful Day 3 of the Walk Off Charities Baseball Classic!
An offense heavy day as
@FcBucs_BaseBall
takes down
@SJAflashesbsb
16-5 and
@SwoodBall
hands
@PVSharkBaseball
a 12-1 loss.
Congrats to the players of the game, Jason Collins of FC & Holden Bradshaw of Sandalwood!
What. A. Day. Both
@EWU_Athletics
and
@Flagler_BSB
joined us today for our clinic with over 200 3rd graders from
@DuvalSchools
at Sans Souci Baseball Park! We can’t thank them enough and all of our other volunteer coaches who make our clinics possible each and every month!
Having so much fun teaching these kids the game and letting them PLAY!
A little Friday night practice / scrimmage at Sans Souci (Southside) for our Fall Development League supported by the CEM Foundation.
Kids got their uniforms from
@BakersSports
afterward, games coming soon!
The
@FSCJBaseball
team heads to Oklahoma next week to go win a World Series.
But that didn’t keep members of the team from coming out to a
@WalkOffJax
clinic on a scorching hot Friday to help teach the game. You guys rock.
Now go win the whole dang thing!
Happy Friday everyone! Today is Juneteenth and on behalf of Walk Off Charities we would like to honor all of the local African American professional baseball players that are Jacksonville natives along with the Jacksonville Red Caps. Here’s some pictures of JAX historic icons ⚾️
Proud to show off the work
@BurbankSportNet
did for us at
@RainesVikings
HS today! The baseball team got a facility upgrade with new turf, netting, hitting mats and L-screens for their cages!
This project begins a new refurb program we will award annually via an application! ⚾️
Burbank Sport Nets is proud to be partnering with
@WalkOffJax
on the new Fort Family Regional Park project!
Barrier netting ✅
Backstop netting ✅
Three beautiful artificial turf fields ✅
Getting close!
#AnotherBurbankNet
Our founder and fearless leader
@Frank_Frangie
getting the kids ready for some baseball this morning!
Another great day for a Walk Off clinic in partnership with
@DuvalSchools
. We love ❤️ being able to teach these youth some baseball ⚾️
Big comeback W in game 2 of the Prospect Select in West Palm Beach!
@Mo_44alamo
goes CG (7inn) with 6 shutout innings after a tough 1st.
@alonzo_monts
w/a big 2 RBI single in the 5th. Two big triples in the 6th by
@theonlyjuice42
& Alex Bairan to put us ahead. Let’s go!
Great night and week of practice as we dodged the rain in Jax. Shoutout to
@FSCJBaseball
for letting us use their indoor facility on Tuesday. Got some swing data from
@TheDataCage
!
Tonight we were back at UC getting some live reps in before heading to Ft. Myers for
@Florida_PG
!
The WOC is hot 🥵 🔥
Finally lived up to our name and WALKED. IT. OFF!
Down four to start the game, battled every inning, kept it close, and came out on top. A full team effort on both sides of the ball and on the mound.
@JBaseballer24
battled through 3 innings on the mound,
Great story this week as Derek Hardie (
@AthleteDerek
) gives a fist bump to his teacher. She was diagnosed with cancer and he’s dedicating his play this week to her and wearing pink in her honor!
Now this partnership is what we call a HOMERUN!
We are excited to announce
@southstatebank
as the title sponsor of our Walk Off Spring Series. This will serve as a fundraiser for Walk Off while giving local area schools the chance to play a game at the new Bragan Baseball Complex
What a great day with the 3rd Graders from Don Brewer and Lake Lucina Elementary Schools! Some talent in Arlington 👀
Shoutout as always to all our coaches and volunteers! Big thanks to
@OspreyBSB
&
@FSCJBaseball
for sending some players & coaches on game day!
⚾️ 💪🏼
What a great week at Sans Souci to start the high school baseball season! Thanks to everyone who made it all possible - a kids clinic, a coaches clinic, and then a tournament on a picture perfect night on
@CW17JAX
and
@1010XL
.
It’s not heaven, but it’s close!
Impressive round to win the HR Derby!
Dom hit the very first home run on the big field at the Bragan Baseball Complex way back in February during our Preseason Classic, fitting he wins our first ever HR Derby.
Congrats
@Ada_Kam
! Looking forward to seeing you play more this
✨Coach Spotlight✨
Introducing our very first coach of the week, Coach Jason Smith of the Englewood Rams!
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Coach Smith (also known as Coach Smitty) has been the Rams head coach for four seasons. Aside from…
Big shoutout to
@DBATJAX12
for hosting our WOC Scout Team tonight!
@kwarren012
& staff at D-Bat are great! We appreciate their support & allowing us to get some work in on a rainy night in Duval. Excited about trip coming up in a couple of weeks to Ft. Myers
@Florida_PG
BCS!
The weather holds up for Day 5 of the Walk Off Charities Baseball Classic as
@FletcherBasebal
tops
@BJS_baseball
6-1 and
@PVSharkBaseball
takes down
@SJAflashesbsb
8-2.
Congrats to the players of the game Coron Davis of Fletcher & Eric Anderson of Ponte Vedra!
3 Games Left! ⚾️
🗣️ game announcement 🗣️
THIS THURSDAY, come check out the WOC Scout Team vs
@88_riverdawgs
at
@JUBaseball
at 6:30 PM. The event is free & open to the public. Kids come early to play wiffle ball starting at 5 PM!
Food can be purchased at Chincilla’s food truck from 5-9PM ⚾️
We love good weather Fridays! Hosted the CSS dept. from Bayview Elementary today & the 3rd graders from San Jose Elementary!
Kids had a blast, learned the skills to play the game ⚾️, got a free glove, & a nice (smoked) hot dog lunch from
@BonosBBQ
😋
@JUBaseball
@UNFOspreys
Every weather report suggested 80-90% chances of rain today. It was the championship rounds of the
@highschool912
Baseball Tournament to benefit
@WalkOffJax
. Three games. Got em all in. Not even a delay. Further proof - God loves baseball.
Today at Opening Day, we got to celebrate 63 teams and 700+ kids getting the opportunity to play baseball. Thanks to all of our donors who made this possible! These kids got their own glove, uniform and all the equipment to make for a great season!
Walk Off Spring League is a
After a well pitched but tough loss yesterday to a nationally ranked team, the WOC Boys play a wild game vs Sticks National that ends in an 11-11 tie.
@JBaseballer24
sparked the offense with
@robert_bryson4
driving yet another ball to the fence for a triple.
@Robertward01
Final from New Port Richey:
FSCJ 9 - Pasco-Hernando 2
A complete team win earns the Blue Wave the Sun Lakes Conference Tournament Title!
#Tsunami_Inbound
🌊🏆
Baseball is fun ⚾️, a thread:
Great first night at Hammond Park for the Walk Off Charities Fall Development League supported by the CEM Foundation. Kids had a blast learning the FUNdamentals.
Warmups first:
What a great day for a clinic! If you didn’t know it already, spring is in the air, MLB is in spring training, &
@DuvalSchools
3rd graders are in spring clinics! Best time of year!
Thanks to all the volunteers, high school coaches & college players!
@OspreyBSB
@JUBaseball
Mark your calendars to join us at the home of
@JaxShrimp
on May 24 for our third annual The First Pitch event! Get a taste of some of the best restaurants in Jax with
@bestbet_jax
sushi, a HR derby, and take some swings on the field!
📢‼️ SCHEDULE UPDATE ‼️📢
Due to the weather ⛈️forecast for Saturday, we have shifted all games to FRIDAY! We are looking forward to our last a day and hope to see you all there!
First tournament of the summer for the 2024 WOC Scout Team
@Florida_PG
Sunshine State Championship. Wanted to highlight Khalin Daniels complete game W this morning in bracket play. Great performance KD!
Next game at 12:40pm ⚾️
Check out our Summer Baseball Schedule at the Bragan Baseball Complex! Don't miss the chance to watch some great baseball! Our concession stand will be open each night.
Thanks for being there, Rick! And thanks for the countless hours you’ve spent helping our charity and events! We wouldn’t be able to do any of this without people like you!
An incredible morning at Fort Family Regional Park for the official ribbon cutting for the Bragan Baseball Complex! A lot children in Jacksonville will have access to the game of baseball thanks to
@WalkOffJax
Awesome opportunity for our boys from Jax area to be a part of
@MLBRBI
Southeast Regional hosted by
@RaysBaseball
. The local
@AmericanLegion
summer ball program is dual affiliated w/MLB’s RBI program & 2 teams (15U & 18U) were selected. Last night kicked off w/Rays vs.
@Orioles
!
Welcome to Virtual Skill Sessions with Walk Off Charities⚾️❗️
Since we cant do clinics in person, we will bring them to you at home! Our first virtual skill lesson is on hitting! Listen in for some of Coach Stanton’s hitting tips!
We will miss you, TP!
Truly a servant leader who was selfless, caring, and thoughtful… we will miss our interactions with him and the unwavering support he always showed us! Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and the UNF baseball community 🤍 ⚾️
Another big win in game 3, 9-8. Kenneth Baez goes 3 inn on the mound, Robert Ward gets himself out of a jam in the bottom of the 4th & Jayden Nesmith closes the door to win it.
Nolan Cameron leads the offense going 2-3 w/3 RBI w/2 Doubles. Alex Bairan w/2 RBI. Swiped 7 bags. ⚾️
That’s a wrap!
@SwoodBall
takes down
@FcBucs_BaseBall
10-2 to win Pool C of the Walk Off Charities Baseball Classic.
Congrats to Player of the Game Mike Miniotas of Sandalwood!
Thanks to all the teams that participated this week and best of luck to you all this season! ⚾️
Big thanks to
@FSCJBaseball
for showing up and helping out! These guys came through in the clutch today!
As always thanks to
@talleymama
and
@DuvalSchools
for their help and partnership. We couldn’t do what we do without them!