HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The public is being asked to contribute used — or new — baseball equipment for the youth baseball teams that have been signed up for league play at the city’s new Majestic Park baseball complex. Four hundred sixty-five kids age 5 to 15 signed up for the Majestic Park…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Four hundred sixty-five kids signed up for the new youth league baseball teams that will play starting in April at Hot Springs’ new five-field Majestic Park baseball complex. “We had to end registration because that’s the limit to the number of players who can use the five fields,” said…
Nine college baseball teams from four states will compete February 5 – 7, 2022, to inaugurate tournament play at the new Majestic Park baseball complex in Hot Springs! (This event has been postponed due to inclement weather and traveling teams.)The tournament is named in honor of Mike Dugan, the late Hot Springs baseball historian who…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Former Arkansas Razorbacks ace Kevin Kopps, now a pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization, will conduct a free pitching camp for kids on Saturday, January 22, at Hot Springs’ new Majestic Park baseball complex. “Kids age 9 and older can come and get once-in-a-lifetime coaching on their pitching…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Youths age 5 to 15 can start signing up on January 10 for the return of youth-league recreational baseball at Hot Springs’ new five-field Majestic Park baseball complex. “Beginning January 10 kids can sign up for the Majestic Park Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth League,” said Derek Phillips, general manager of…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — With more than a month left in 2021, a full schedule of 2022 baseball and softball tournaments is already being booked for Hot Springs’ new five-field Majestic Park Baseball Complex, according to Derek Phillips, the facility’s general manager. “We have tournaments already scheduled beginning in February and running into…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Nine college baseball teams from four states will compete February 3 – 6, 2022, to inaugurate tournament play at the new Majestic Park baseball complex in Hot Springs. The tournament will be named the Dugan Invitational Tournament in honor of Mike Dugan, the late Hot Springs baseball historian who…
(PHOTO CAPTION: Sculptor Chad Fisher of Fisher Sculpture works on a portrait study for the eight-foot Babe Ruth monument.) HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The world’s third bronze statue of baseball immortal Babe Ruth is now being created for installation at the entrance to Hot Springs’ new Majestic Park baseball complex. “It’s hard to…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The new Majestic Park Baseball Complex was checked out during the weekend by someone who should know whether the new facility is up to par. Baseball Hall of Fame member Lee Smith was vacationing in Hot Springs and decided to stop by the new facility, which is nearing completion at…
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs native John Muldoon, who has extensive experience coaching baseball at the former Hot Springs Girls and Boys Club, has been named assistant general manager of the new Majestic Park baseball complex being constructed at Carson and Belding Streets. He will assist General Manager Derek Phillips in all…