Hot Springs will host 18 teams at the Majestic Park baseball complex.
Tickets are on sale now for the Babe Ruth League World Series scheduled for early August at Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex.
“This is an extraordinary event for Hot Springs, and we encourage everyone to get their tickets early,” Majestic Park General Manager Derek Phillips said. “We’ll have tournament passes as well as daily admission tickets available on the Majestic Park website, majesticpark.org.”
Tournament passes will be $50 for adults (18 and older), $30 for kids (7 through 17), and free for kids 6 and under. Daily admission tickets will be $10 for adults (18 and older), $8 for kids (7 through 17), and free for kids 6 and under, he said.
“The Babe Ruth League World Series for 14-year-old players will officially begin Friday, August 8, at 5 PM, on Babe Ruth Field at Majestic Park with pregame activities and the opening of the Majestic Park World Series Village,” Phillips said. At 7 PM that evening, the first game will feature the Hot Springs host team competing against the Nigeria team.
Tournament competition starts in earnest at 9 AM, August 9, with all 18 teams taking the fields at Babe Ruth Field at Majestic Park and at Lakeside High School Baseball Field. World Series games will be played daily from 9 AM – 10 PM, through August 16. Phillips said tournament updates will be posted on majesticpark.org.
“Our city will be hosting teams from around the United States and the world,” Phillips said. “These young athletes and their support personnel — and lots of their fans — will be in Hot Springs for 10 days of top-level baseball competition.”
The teams that will play in Hot Springs are:
Hot Springs host team; New England Champion; Middle Atlantic Champion; Ohio Valley Champion; Southeast Champion; Midwest Plains Champion; Southwest Champion; Pacific Northwest Champion; Pacific Southwest Champion; Arkansas state champion; Arkadelphia invited team; Puerto Rico; Nigeria; New Zealand; Curaçao; Chinese Taipei; Philippines, and Mexico.
“Having the young athletes play at Majestic Park will be especially meaningful for them since this is the very spot where Babe Ruth trained and played in the early years of the 20th Century. They’ll enjoy playing on Babe Ruth Field with our larger-than-life bronze statue of The Babe, one of only three like it in the world.
“Adding to the excitement, Hot Springs Baseball Weekend will take place August 8 – 9, featuring legendary players Johnny Bench, Ron Guidry, Bret Saberhagen, Steve Garvey, Goose Gossage, and Al Hrabosky.”
For more information, contact Derek Phillips at 501-359-2414, or to keep up with the park schedule, visit Facebook: Majestic Park Baseball.
