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Baseball tournament brings $ to Toledo

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TOLEDO, Ohio -

The National Amateur Baseball Federation is considered one of the most competitive organizations around.  The NABF is a non-profit organization that hosts more than 50 regional tournaments and eight national championship tournaments across the country each year.

For seven of the last eight years, Toledo has hosted the event of the summer, the NABF College World Series.

A membership that is very beneficial to the City of Toledo. One member estimates an economic impact of between half a million and a million dollars for the area.

And for players who are hoping to improve their game,  this is the right place to be.

According to Chicago Zephyrs pitcher Chris Anderson, the competition here is sometimes a lot better.

"It helps me playing against a lot of DI players going down to the Junior College Level."

At the end of the day  for all these players there is only one thing on their minds to win the tournament.

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