Day: May 22, 2026

Arkansas has a second AA Minor League Baseball ⚾️ team, and its a surprisingly old school park they call home 🏡.

When you consider that the suburb of Fayetteville, Arkansas is both the home of Tyson Foods and the headquarters for Wal-Mart, is nearby, it comes as a pleasant surprise that the Northwest Arkansas Naturals rely upon baseball to be enough to get folks to come out to their ballyard.

A large number of ballparks have moved in the direction of how many bells 🔔 and whistles can we add, but the AA farm club is comfortable with Americas past time being enough.

The lone exception is the scoreboard, which is the size of a double wide trailer.

$6.00 to park and a nice variety of ticket prices await you if you’re in the neighborhood.

For the second time today, we are about to hear the two greatest words in all of sports, ” Play Ball!”

Five hours after they pulled the tarp out to cover the field, we are getting ready to return to action 🎬. Duke leads 3-2 in the top of the second, two out and two on….

Let’s do this, again !!!

4 :00sharp!

Arkansas plated five in the bottom of the second, lead 7-3… 5 & 1/2 hours to play 2 innings

Duke gets one back with a solo 💣💣💣, now 7-4

Down 10-4 after 3rd

Duke gets one in the top of the 4th, 10-5. Still no zeros on the board.

We have our first Zero !!! 5:11, end of 4th

Sadly, we have another zero on the scoreboard, mid 5th, 10-5

Packed house 🏠, even after the four hour break…

Arkansas scores another run on a bases loaded force out. 11-5 with two in scoring position…

That 3 run 💣💣💣 flew over my head, cleared the second fence, and is still rolling through the back parking lot.

6 & 1/2 hours to play…

Hogs win 🏆 14-5 un 5 innings

It’s still raining 🌧 in Fayetteville, so we will continue with our attempts to spread 🌞shine ! Bill ” Pappy ” Meade and his 9th Staunton tennis 🎾 team is in for a treat tonight !

Staunton High School 🏫 at Liberty Christian ✝️ Academy is on tap for tonight in Lynchburg, Virginia, as Regional team play begins for both schools.

Knowing that the Valley is getting soaked right now, I wondered how my longtime friend was going to get his match played ?

The answer is that they will be playing on the indoor courts at Liberty University, next door to LCA.

Meade knows that win or lose, his young team will enjoy the moment of not only playing their matches indoor but also on a college campus!

Liberty University is to the Baptist church, what Notre Dame is to Catholics. When you add in the fact that LU is the largest school 🏫 in the universe ( combined, in person and online), it should be a win-win experience for his group.

Best of luck to SHS tonight and Godspeed on the trip down and back.

Won 5-1. Advance to quarterfinals to play district rival Waynesboro !!!!!