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Perfect Game Acquires Triangle Top Gun Sports, Partners With Cincy Flames

Perfect Game has acquired Triangle Top Gun Sports LLC, a youth organization in the Carolinas, while also announcing a partnership with Cincy Flames, a high school-age baseball tournament organization which will now fall under the Perfect Game banner. Triangle Top Gun Sports runs approximately 4,000 youth teams annually in AA (D3) and AAA (D2) baseball […]

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Southern Conference Baseball Championship Staying in Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, will host the Southern Conference Baseball Championship for the next three years thanks to an extended agreement between the conference and Minor League Baseball’s Greenville Drive. Fluor Field will remain the home of the event for the 2025–2027 championships. This year’s championship is set for May 21–25. “We are thrilled to announce […]

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Sun Belt Conference Extends Baseball Partnership with Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama, has been selected to host the Sun Belt Baseball Championship through 2030 as part of the league’s ongoing partnership with the Central Alabama Sports Commission and the city of Montgomery. The 2025 Sun Belt Baseball Championship will take place from May 20–25, with all games at Riverwalk Stadium — home to the Tampa […]

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Professional baseball will return to Tucson's Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for the first time in 15 years when the WBC Qualifier takes place March 2–6. Visit Tucson photo

Tucson Ready for World Baseball Classic Spotlight

The city of Tucson is buzzing with excitement and with good reason. After nearly 15 years without professional baseball in the city, it will host a World Baseball Classic qualifier from March 2–6. From 1947 through 2010, Major League Baseball was in Tucson each March for spring training. But in 2011, the last three teams […]

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Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship Headed to Mesa

The Mountain West Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission, will host the 2025 Credit Union 1 Baseball Championship at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, May 21–24. The agreement marks the first time the Mountain West baseball tournament will be held on a neutral field and in the state of Arizona. Sloan […]

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Men’s College World Series Celebrates its 75th Anniversary

The College World Series of Omaha, Inc. has announced a celebration of its 75th Anniversary, honoring decades of baseball moments with a lineup of events and activations around the city before the June 13 start of this year’s event. A dedicated anniversary website will serve as a central hub for all event details, historical retrospectives […]

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Rocket City Softball Showcase Requires Innovation, Risk

As Garrett Fahrmann and Joel Lamp walked the grounds of Toyota Field in October 2022, they had completed a transformation of the Madison, Alabama, baseball stadium. Fahrmann, general manager of the Rocket City Trash Pandas — the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels — and Lamp, sports development manager for the Huntsville/Madison County CVB, […]

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Perfect Game All-American Classic Returning to Petco Park

Perfect Game’s 23rd annual All-American Classic will return to Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, on August 17. This marks the first time the event will be held at Petco Park since 2021, with the stadium having previously hosted the AAC 14 times from 2006–2007, 2009–2019 and in 2021. For the past three […]

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Perfect Game Announces 2025 Select Festivals Schedule

Perfect Game has announced the dates and locations for the 2025 Select Festivals, an annual series of events showcasing youth baseball talent from across the country. The 10th edition of the 14U Select Festival will take place August 29–31 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, the Spring Training home of the Boston Red Sox. […]

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The chicken wire backstop at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's Field of Legends exhibit is symbolic of American segregation. Photo courtesy of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Makes Impact With ‘Free February’

As visitors enter the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, they peer through a chicken wire backstop at the Field of Legends, which is the centerpiece of the Kansas City-based institution. The life-size bronze sculptures of some of the best Negro Leagues players of all-time stand at their positions on a baseball field, ready for the next […]

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