USA Baseball has announced the grand opening of the executive offices and training center at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, with a 20-year agreement to make Cary the home of USA Baseball. USA Baseball and Cary leadership gathered on-site for the ribbon cutting earlier this month. USA Baseball Board of Directors President John Gall joined six town council members, including Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, who was a part of a first pitch ceremony prior to the championship game of the National High School Invitational presented by the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance ..read more

Youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service Perfect Game has announced its investor group, which is made up, in part, of 21 former and active major league players. The announcement of the investor group comes days after Perfect Game appointed former Major League All-Star and American League Most Valuable Player award winner Mo Vaughn as special assistant to ownership. Related Stories Perfect Game Adds 21 Former MLB Players to Investment Group Former American League MVP Mo Vaughn Joins Perfect Game Perfect Game to Host Four Different Select Festivals This Summer Perfect Game Al ..read more

Perfect Game has announced the appointment of former Major League All-Star and American League Most Valuable Player award winner Mo Vaughn as special assistant to ownership for the youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service. Related Stories Former American League MVP Mo Vaughn Joins Perfect Game Perfect Game to Host Four Different Select Festivals This Summer Perfect Game All-American Classic Returns to Chase Field Perfect Game Schedules Two Marquee Events for Palm Beaches Perfect Game Announces Largest Schedule Ever for 2024 Vaughn’s appointment comes a week after former A ..read more

Perfect Game has announced details for its upcoming 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U Select Festival as three states will host the four separate showcase events this August. The announcement comes on the same week as Perfect Game announced the 22st edition of its Dick’s Sporting Goods All-American Classic will return to Chase Field in Phoenix on August 28 as part of the organization’s largest schedule of events in one year ever. Related Stories Perfect Game to Host Four Different Select Festivals This Summer Perfect Game All-American Classic Returns to Chase Field College Baseball Prepares for New Fro ..read more

Perfect Game has announced the 22st edition of its Dick’s Sporting Goods All-American Classic will return to Chase Field in Phoenix on August 28 as part of a multi-day event including other events at Chase Field along with community events and media appearances. Related Stories Perfect Game All-American Classic Returns to Chase Field Perfect Game Schedules Two Marquee Events for Palm Beaches Perfect Game Announces Largest Schedule Ever for 2024 TEAMS ’23: The Shifting Economics of Hosting Events Perfect Game Partners With EventConnect Perfect Game, a youth baseball and softball platform a ..read more

The Pitt Panthers were awarded the championship belt as the top team at the inaugural Las Vegas Classic baseball tournament. Pitt defeated Oklahoma 19-9 and Cal 19-7 in its two games. Photo by Peak Events/Kai Caddy At first glance, the college baseball programs at Cal, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Pittsburgh may not have much in common. Each school is in a different geographic part of the country and at least this year, each is in a different conference. But the old affiliations will change soon enough as Oklahoma goes from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference and Cal departs the Pac-12 for ..read more

Since it opened in 1997, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has hosted athletes from more than 70 countries with dozens of sports organized across the venue, which spans more than 220 acres. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel The name is an icon around the world. Between its various locations, there could be a creditable claim that every country in the world has had at least one person visit one of its parks. It is Disney, and one of its flagships is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Within Walt Disney World, big enough to feel as if you’re in an independent country that is made up of s ..read more

Wade Martin has been named chief executive officer of Josh Harris and David Blitzer’s youth baseball portfolio, which includes Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Baseball Factory and Softball Factory. Martin is tasked with driving growth and expansion for the company’s youth sports facilities, youth tournament experiences and player development platforms. In January 2023, Harris and Blitzer completed a strategic investment in Ripken Baseball and merged the operation with Cooperstown All Star Village. Throughout 2023 they acquired Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center in ..read more

The College Baseball Foundation and Visit Overland Park have announced that the College Baseball Hall of Fame will establish its inaugural physical location within the Museum at Prairiefire in Overland Park, Kansas. The planned venue would open in late 2025. The College Baseball Foundation earlier announced it will bring its annual recognition of college baseball’s top athletes — the Night of Champions — to Overland Park in February 2024. Related Stories College Baseball Hall of Fame Heads to Overland Park, Kansas Sweet Caroline, No Ripken Baseball Expanding All-Ripken Games in 2024 DS Spor ..read more

Fans Julie Dutton and Frank Flahive of Billerica, Massachusetts, enjoy singing “Sweet Caroline” in-between innings of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) As 2024 gets underway, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd will be continuing their “Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour,” an amalgamation of ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” It causes me to wish that somewhere, someone would combine Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” with the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No” to start a “Sweet Caroline, No” movement. If yo ..read more