HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The schedule for this year’s Hot Springs Baseball Weekend has been finalized, and a scheduled youth baseball clinic led by Cardinal legend Al (The Mad Hungarian) Hrabosky has been dropped because of anticipated hot weather. Baseball Weekend, which celebrates Hot Springs’ fame as The Birthplace of Major League Baseball…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration will begin August 5 for Hot Springs’ first-ever NFL FLAG Youth Football League this fall, open to kids in three divisions. NFL FLAG is the official flag football program of the National Football League and is the largest youth flag football league in the United States. “We’ll have…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Arkansas Travelers baseball players will conduct a free baseball skills clinic for kids aged 6 to 14 at Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex on Saturday, April 6. The clinic is sponsored by the Arkansas Travelers Youth Foundation. “This is a great opportunity for kids to learn from Major…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Pitching legend Steve Garvey is postponing his appearance at Hot Springs’ Baseball Weekend until next year after he won a place Tuesday on the November ballot for United States senator in California. Garvey had been scheduled as one of the legends of the game who will be featured guests…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Will McEntire and Austin Ledbetter, pitchers for the Arkansas baseball team, will conduct a pitching camp on Sunday, December 17, at Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex. “The camp will be for players age 9 and older,” John T. Muldoon, assistant general manager at Majestic Park, said. “We’ll have…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The three Hot Springs businessmen who funded the eight-foot Babe Ruth statue at Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex were honored at the Hot Springs Country Club Friday before the start of The Friends of Majestic Park Annual Golf Tournament. The Majestic Park statue is one of only three…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Two Former Arkansas Razorbacks softball stars will conduct competitive softball camps at Hot Springs’ Majestic Park on Saturday, December 2. Sam Torres and Kayla Green, who played for the Razorbacks from 2018 to 2022, will conduct three sessions at the sports complex starting at 11:30 a.m., according to Majestic…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs is featured in a new music video posted today [Wednesday, August 16] on YouTube marking the 75th anniversary of the death of baseball immortal Babe Ruth on August 16, 1948. The video is available at https://youtu.be/AOuh60tuR7A Ruth was a regular visitor to Hot Springs in the early…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — With a successful spring season behind it, Hot Springs’ five-field Majestic Park baseball complex is now accepting registration for the city’s kids to play in the fall baseball league. “We had an overflow of kids sign up for the spring youth league,” Majestic Park General Manager Derek Phillips said…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — A free public screening of the documentary film “Fastball,” narrated by actor Kevin Costner, and a baseball card show have been added to the schedule for the 2023 Hot Springs Baseball Weekend August 25 – 26 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. That’s in addition to the previously announced…