HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Ark.—The eighth Hot Springs Baseball Weekend and Babe Ruth World Series is coming to Hot Springs, also known as the “The Birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training,” this year.
The Babe Ruth World Series for 14-year-olds will take place Aug. 7 to 16, where hundreds of the world’s best 14-year-old baseball players together at the city’s historic Majestic Park baseball complex. Hot Springs Baseball Weekend will bring well-known players of the game to town Aug. 8 to 9.
“Some of the greatest former players in the game and the best of the young players will be in Hot Springs at the same time,” Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison says. “Fans will get to interact with legends like crowd favorite Johnny Bench and newcomers Ron Guidry, Bret Saberhagen, and Steve Garvey and, at the same time, have the opportunity to watch the best 14-year-old players in the world compete at our great Majestic Park complex, where The Babe himself once played and practiced.”
“Our city will host 18 teams from around the United States and some international teams,” Majestic Park general manager Derek Phillips says. “These young athletes and their support personnel and lots of their fans will be in Hot Springs for 10 days of top-level baseball competition Aug. 7 through Aug. 16.”
The 2025 Baseball Weekend will feature six great stars: Ron Guidry, Bret Saberhagen, Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, Hall of Famer Goose Gossage, Al Hrabosky, and Steve Garvey, who is on the 2024 ballot for induction into the Hall of Fame, according to Arrison. The whole Baseball Weekend is free and open to the public.
“The spotlight will be on our city and our top-level baseball facilities. Having the young athletes play at Majestic Park will be especially meaningful for them since this is the very spot where Babe Ruth trained and played in the early years of the 20th Century. They’ll enjoy playing on Babe Ruth Field and having their photos made with our larger-than-life bronze statue of The Babe, one of only three like it in the world,” says Phillips.
