Oakley and PG Form Partnership

Perfect Game Staff

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FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. – Today, Oakley®, a leader in sport performance and optical innovation, announced a three-year partnership with Perfect Game – the world’s largest youth baseball and softball organization. Honoring the brand’s heritage and commitment in baseball, Oakley deepens its roots with this partnership by supporting future generations of the sport.

Perfect Game continues to further the growth of baseball at the grass-roots level and has launched the development and career of many talented athletes; among them is superstar shortstop and Team Oakley athlete, Francisco Lindor. Named a Perfect Game 2010 All American Classic Player, the shortstop has had passion for the game since his early days.

“Perfect Game provides many players the opportunity to be able to compete at an elite level with like-minded players across the globe,” says Francisco Lindor. “Now as a professional athlete and a big part of Team Oakley, I have the opportunity to continue to inspire youth players to get out onto the field.”

Celebrating the organization’s 26th year, Perfect Game’s mission is to provide opportunities to youth of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the sports of baseball and softball. Perfect Game was created to ensure young athletes would be able to play sports in fun and safe environment that allows them to reach their full potential – on and off the field. Since its inception, the organization has grown into an outstanding global platform for culminating passion and dedication of elite youth baseball players spanning 9 to 18 years old. To date, Perfect Game has birthed the careers of over 1,500 Major League Baseball players and over 250,000 players into college. Last year alone, Perfect Game hosted over 8,000 youth events with over twelve million in attendance.

“We’re honored to welcome Oakley to the Perfect Game family of supporters who are strong advocates for continued growth of the great games of baseball and softball,” said Perfect Game Founder and President, Jerry Ford. “Oakley is, without a doubt, one of the most respected and trusted brands within the baseball and softball-playing communities. Not only does Oakley produce the best eyewear, but of equal importance to us is they produce the safest eyewear for players. With the many eye injuries in baseball, Oakley has produced safety features to help eliminate that problem in many cases.”

As part of the partnership, Oakley will be the official and exclusive eyewear partner of Perfect Game, which hosts over 8,000 events and more than 300,000 games in a year. Through the partnership, Oakley will have a presence at events and provide eyewear for players across the nation.

“The energy, excitement, passion and commitment that the Perfect Game organization and players embody is exactly what fuels us to deliver best-in-class products and technologies that can support the goals of athletes of all ages,” said Justin Cupps, Senior Vice President of Oakley. “The future is bright, and we are excited to support the vision of the young stars that will drive forward the sport.”

Oakley develops products and technologies designed to meet the performance demands of the world’s best athletes and makes those same innovations available for athletes of all levels. For more information on Oakley’s baseball collection, Prizm Lens Technology and Team Oakley, please visit Oakley.com.

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