Partnership Officially Kicks Off with LGND Block Party on July 27 in Fullerton, California
LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Perfect Game, the world's largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced a landmark partnership with Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star and 6-time Gold Glove Award winner Mookie Betts, naming recently-announced LGND Glove the Official Glove of Perfect Game. The collaboration establishes a first-of-its-kind relationship between baseball's most influential amateur ecosystem and an active MLB superstar at the height of his career.
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