Pedro Beato,  fresh off of his rookie season with the New York Mets, will be helping  kids get back into baseball mode after all of the holiday festivities,  leading a series of youth baseball clinics next week in Queens and  Manhattan. Beato’s first stop next week will be right in his backyard of  Ozone Park at the 
Five Tool Baseball Academy (100-02 Rockaway Blvd.) on Tuesday December 27th.
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| Pedro Beato giving pitching tips | 
Appearing as part of a two-day clinic, Beato will lead pitching  instruction at the newly minted Queens training facility on Rockaway  Blvd. The clinic will cover all aspects of pitching and hitting, as well  as physical training in this intimate setting. The clinic is for  children ages 9-18 and will run from 9am-3pm on Tuesday December 27th  and Thursday December 29th. For more information, including pricing for  the two-day clinic, call Giovanni Zapata at 917-373-2286.
In between the days of his clinic in Ozone Park, Beato is making a return appearance Wednesday December 28th at the 5th annual 
Lou DeMartino Memorial Christmas Baseball Clinic.  The free clinic is hosted by the Greater New York Sandlot Athletic  Alliance and takes place at the John Jay College Gymnasium (899 Tenth  Avenue) in Manhattan. Beato will appear for the second time at the  clinic along with a pair of Archbishop Molloy grads turned prospects, 
Matt Rizzotti (Philadelphia Phillies) and 
Dennis O’Grady  (San Diego Padres). Registration for the clinic is from 8am-9am, with  the clinic running from 9am-1pm. To register in advance for the clinic,  e-mail Tom Sylvester – 
tsylvester@gnysaa.org