Our record
What we say about Team Avenue, next to what it rests on: camera footage, photos, and the people who were there.
The claims
Thomari Story-Harden started Team Avenue Baseball as a player-development program. Team Avenue held its first travel-team try-out in June 2009, and teamavenue.org was registered the same month. The earliest photo in this archive is from the Dominican Republic trip in December 2014.
Team Avenue's records document more than 60 camps, clinics, showcases and tournaments from 2009 to 2021, from California and Arizona to Florida, Georgia and Alaska. Highlights: the Bob Bennett Clinics (2010–2011); the MLB RBI program in California's Central Valley (2010–2012); a trip to Beijing in August 2012, where Team Avenue's 13U and 15U teams both took second place; Perfect Game national events (2013–2018); summers in Alaska (2014 and 2015); Dominican Republic trips with college coaches from Brown and Georgetown (2014–2016), covered by KSEE TV in 2014; and three Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camps, including the eight-day December 2018 Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camp out of Miami with Reggie Smith.
Team Avenue took players to Perfect Game national events and traveled with college coaches, giving student-athletes a path toward college and professional baseball. The players speak for themselves: athlete voices from the cruise camp talk about the trip, the work, and what they carried home.
Reggie Smith, seven-time MLB All-Star and 1981 World Series champion, is Team Avenue staff and has mentored Thomari for 20 years. He coached Team Avenue's December 2018 Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camp, and he is named on camera in the dugout interview below. Career record: Baseball-Reference.
Bob Bennett mentored Thomari and helped build Team Avenue after retiring from Fresno State. He led Team Avenue winter clinics in 2010 and 2011, and Team Avenue's 2016 mission statement listed him as staff.
Video wall
Tap to play. Clips with sound are marked. Captions are on for Reggie Smith's camp clip.
Timeline
2009
Team Avenue held its first travel-team try-out in June 2009, and teamavenue.org was registered the same month.
Team Avenue email records, May–June 2009
2011
Hall of Fame coach Bob Bennett led Team Avenue winter clinics in 2010 and 2011.
Team Avenue press release and camp materials, 2010–2011
2012
On Team Avenue's first trip abroad, its 13U and 15U teams both took second place at an international youth tournament in Beijing.
Team Avenue email records, Aug 2012
2014
The first Team Avenue trip to the Dominican Republic, with college coaches on staff. More trips followed in summer 2015, December 2015, and December 2016.
Photo dated Dec 28, 2014
2017
A camp week with morning training led by Reggie Smith and his staff.
From the 2017 camp schedule
2018
One of Team Avenue's three Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camps. The December 2018 Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camp out of Miami ran eight days with Reggie Smith on staff: ship sessions, hitting work, and field days in port. Team Avenue teams also played Perfect Game national events in East Cobb, Georgia, from 2013 to 2018.
Team Avenue email records and camp footage
2026
Team Avenue Sports Group in the room with University of South Florida students and industry.
Event photos, Sep 23, 2026
Mentors
In memory
College Baseball Hall of Fame. Fresno State's winningest coach: 1,302 wins in 34 seasons and two College World Series trips.
Coach Bennett mentored Thomari for eight years and, after retiring from Fresno State, helped design and build the Team Avenue program. He led the Bob Bennett Clinics for Team Avenue (coaching, pitching and catching) in 2010 and 2011, co-hosted the December 2011 Team Avenue Winter Workouts, and was Team Avenue's pitching coach in 2012.
Reggie Smith in the dugout
Reggie Smith, 7x MLB All-Star, Team Avenue staff, interviewed in the dugout during the cruise camp.Caribbean cruise campSeven-time MLB All-Star and 1981 World Series champion. Team Avenue staff for 20 years and Thomari's mentor.
Reggie has coached Team Avenue camps since 2009: hitting clinics, Pure Swing, Play Like a Pro, and the December 2018 Caribbean Baseball Cruise Camp out of Miami.
NFL veteran. PhD, organizational psychologist.
“People are necessary to our success. They can never be the excuse for our failure.”
Dr. Watts sits with TASG on the Executive Board.
Team Avenue Sports Group is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or any club.
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