CHESAPEAKE, VA (WTKR)- Baseball in Hampton Roads helped give Michael Cuddyer opportunities. Now he's looking to do the same for the next generation.

Cuddyer is in his third year spearheading the All-Tidewater Classic, a high school baseball all-star game that will pit the All-Tidewater players up against each other.

"My career has given me a platform to have games like this and to be able to make impacts in people's lives and communities lives," the former Major League Baseball All-Star said. "It's good to be able to see that this game is now having that same impact."

This year's contest will take place Monday, June 9, at Hampton's War Memorial Stadium. Cuddyer points out that the players will get a chance to be celebrities for a day with the spotlight shined on them. Young fans will be

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