LEXINGTON, KY - TOUR STOP

July 23 & 24, 2006

We’re almost done with the state of Kentucky before we make the trip south to the sunny Florida beaches, but there’s still some baseball to be seen and fun to be had in the Bluegrass State. This time we got to see a little Cal Ripken Baseball as 10 and 11-year-olds were squaring off in the Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional Championships.

Veterans Park in Lexington was a great spot to have the tournaments as tons of people poured in to root on the teams. Only two fields were used for game play at the park, but that opened up the other two for teams to take infield before their games started. There was also a place for players to take batting practice if they wanted.

The Baseball Youth Road Trip zone was right in the middle of the action, and the people at Veterans Park could not miss us because a lot of them had to go through us to get to their cars. As the morning turned into afternoon more and more kids and parents stopped by to play the Baseball Card Challenge and take a look at the magazine.

We even had a Battle of the Sexes competition as two teenage girls challenged a couple baseball players from their town to play the game against them. In a close game the girls won by a point and both of them got to spin the wheel for a free prize.

It was great to experience some Cal Ripken Baseball for the first time on our Road Trip. Good thing it will not be our last time.

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