Kudos for Cal at TEAMS

Terry is reporting from the TEAMS conference that the Cal Ripken World Series World Championship Game just won the SportsTravel Award for Best Single Sporting Event.

This is a national award, and the globally televised game (the culmination of nearly a week of tournament play with hundreds of kids and their families in attendance) beat out some pretty stiff competition. 

It is particularly gratifying since Harford County is represented at the TEAMS Conference.

Congratulations to Harford County, City of Aberdeen and the Iron Man himself for staging such a successful youth sports event.  It is a recognition well deserved.

Baseball is Alive in Aberdeen

Its almost time for the Iron Man himself to pass out the trophy to the winners of the Cal Ripken World Series, which is the culmination of the Babe Ruth Youth Baseball league. Thousands of spectators have converged on Ripken Academy in Aberdeen to watch the 16 final teams compete to become World Champions.  There are 10 U.S. teams, and 6 International teams participating.

And the best part is that all games are free, including the championship, which will be played August 22, as long as mother nature cooperates (you do however have to request tickets for the big game).


The tournament kicked off on Friday afternoon with a skills competition.  Cal Ripken Jr. took the first couple of pitches to show the kids a few tricks! The State Farm Home Run Derby was played in Cal Sr.'s yard (our own Camden Yards replica).  Although tickets were free the event still raised an astonishing $22,300 for the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.