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Regionals to be Held in 8 Cities
The 2010 American Legion Baseball season is in full swing, and players are stepping up to home plate in hopes of winning their way to regionals and then on to the World Series.
Eight cities across the United States have been selected to host their division's baseball regional tournaments, which take place Aug. 5-9. Below is a list of each division's hosting city for regionals along with the name of the playing field.
Northeast Division
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Pomfret Stadium at Palmer Field
Middletown, Conn.
Southeast Division
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Puerto Rice, South Carolina, Tennessee)
Dave Hall Field - Columbia State Community College
Columbia, Tenn.
Central Plains Division
(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,)
Hidden Vally Park
Blue Springs, Mo.
Northwest Division
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
Patterson Baseball Complex - Washington Trust Field
Spokane, Wash.
Mid-Atlantic Division
(Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
Owls Field at Ted Palka Park
West Lawn, Pa.
Great Lakes Division
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)
Grimes Field
Mattoon, Ill.
Mid-South Division
(Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
AirHogs Quik Trip Park
Grand Prairie, Texas
Western Division
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
Wilson Stadium at the University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas
National News...
Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash., will be the site of the 2010 World Series of American Legion Baseball, the nation’s oldest high school aged baseball program for 15- to 19-year-olds.
The National Executive Committee, the formal name of The American Legion’s board of directors, announced today at its annual spring meeting here that Spokane American Legion Baseball Inc., will host the series. The American Legion World Series will feature the nation’s eight regional champions in a double-elimination tournament. The five-day event will be held Aug. 13-17, 2010.
"Spokane will be an outstanding site for the series, based on its strong community support and excellent organizing committee,” American Legion National Americanism Commission Chairman Joseph E. Caouette Jr. said. “The city of Spokane will be an outstanding host.” This is the first time Spokane has hosted The American Legion World Series. Yakima, Wash., hosted The American Legion World Series in 1954, 1978, and 2001.
Washington American Legion teams have had excellent success playing American Legion Baseball. There are no host teams at an American Legion World Series. To participate in an American Legion World Series teams must earn the right to participate. Thirteen Washington American Legion Teams have earned that right to participate. Those cities were Bellingham (07); Bellevue (81 & 95), Kennewick (99 & 04); Pasco (05); Vancouver (87 & 96); and Yakima, Washington (53, 75, 76, 79 & 88) have participated by winning the Northwest Regional Tournament.
