Virgin Islands native and president of Leadoff Athletics Akeem Maynard returned home to St. Croix with two pro baseball players to donate upwards of 50 baseball gloves, hats and balls to RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) players on Friday evening at the David C. Canegata Ball Park on St. Croix. RBI players who attended training Thursday through Saturday got the rare opportunity to receive words of wisdom and training tools from two of Mr. Maynard’s trainees. “These are top prospects they get to train with,” said RBI coach Ehrin Lynch. Hailing from Nassau, Bahamas, D’Shawn Knowles, 20, is a minor league player of the major league team, the Los Angeles Angels. Growing up on an island, Mr. Knowles shared that he often trained on the beach at 4 a.m. and had to make sacrifices from a young age in order to realize his dream of going pro.…