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    The Ripken Experience - Front entrance

    The Ripken Experience

    3.0(30 reviews)
    68.7 mi

    So this year, we decided to head to Myrtle Beach to the Ripken Experience. We did the week long…read moretournament and everyone made a vacation out of it. The fields are absolutely awesome. It's an experience I'm so glad my son got to experience and I got to coach at. Everything was immaculate. Very clean. The staff was phenomenal. Couldn't have been any more helpful. The onsite photography company, Glossy Finish, was on their game. They got action shots of my son that I could never get. So why only 3 stars??? Before the tournament, we had a coach's meeting. At the meeting, we have the head umpire go over everything and tell us how "approachable" the umpires are and that they're "AAA" umpires. Ok. Great. Now in my 25 years of coaching, I may have had 3 arguments with an umpire. My goal is to get these players ready for HS. We had 2 catchers with us. In game 2, our other catcher started. Wound up getting very labored in the heat. We switch catchers during the inning to get him some rest. He leads off when we get up. I notice when he gets to first, he's breathing EXTREMELY heavy. I ask for time and ask to speak to the umpires. The plate umpire responds "What's the issue?" I was like. The kid has heat exhaustion and his hyperventilating. Can we get a medic. He actually says... "You need to discuss that with your coach. " I responded, "Don't you work here? How would he know how to get a medic here??? Can we get someone here before this kid passes out?" The whole time, the field umpire could care less and didn't even take a step towards the poor kid to see what his condition was. Ultimately, he got medical attention, but these 2 guys, 1 of which we wound up having almost every game, were the most unapproachable human beings I've ever met. Even the other team commented to me, "What was that about?" I'm still confused. The rest of the week went fine, I knew what kind of person I was dealing with officiating wise and just went about our business. All in all, a great facility to play baseball.

    We did Cooperstown last year and compared both Ripken experiences to each other. This location at…read moreMyrtle Beach is by far our favorite travel ball tourney as there was so much to do! Our boy played in the beach blast baseball tournament during the week of 6/16 and this facility has it all. Plenty of baseball fields with turf and batting cages galore. The food options were all around decent with snacks and hot food to choose from. The price points were impressively economical as well. Be sure to pick up your souvenirs at the gift shop and don't miss Chik-fil-A pop up shop if hungry. The staff did amazing as they played great music at the fields and tactfully announced the walk up for each kid giving it a big ballpark feel. We saw turtles in the water basins as well. Plenty of parking and is close to a lot of food and entertainment in the area. They also have a live stream video link to allow folks who could not make it, a chance to watch live or go and save highlights later for an additional cost. You cannot bring a camera yourself to live stream fyi. The paid photo package includes a live photographer capturing some amazing photos of your athletes to digitally download. Be sure to bring sunscreen and bug spray. They allow coolers (no alcohol), chairs and umbrellas. They sell alcohol at the carts or food grille. It was hot and humid but well worth the experience and price point for the tournament was surprisingly less than Cooperstown which was a win! Take me out to the ballgame! Thanks Myrtle Beach Ripken Experience for an amazing week! PXF Arizona

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    Grainger Stadium - Bar

    Grainger Stadium

    3.6(7 reviews)
    74.3 mi

    (+) Mother Earth craft beers in the right field pavilion are the truth! I enjoyed the kolsch and my…read morewife dug the IPA. Great access to the players and the action. My six year old got a ball from a player walking down the right field line. (Meh) The kids zone/playground kept our three boys occupied but it wasn't anything special. However it WAS close to the craft beer pavilion and free. (-) Bugs. Maybe bring some Off or Skin So Soft; not sure it'll help though. We were swarmed.

    This is an honest review of the new era. The direction by the new owners is horrible. As a longtime…read moresupporter for 20+ years and now on our 3rd team we are about to call it quits on the ballpark. 1. The ticket prices are way too high for the market you are located in for a family of three it is $40 to just walk in the door. The service fees of being cashless is killing the goers as well. 2. This year (year 2) you got rid of all of the things that made paying the $40 worth it. There is no pizza, so we stopped paying for food because our kid does not want the hotdogs. They are always overcooked, the burgers are 10x worse than last year, and just the prices again. $4 bucks for a black hotdog is crazy. 3. There is no thirsty Thursdays with beer specials. Yes, you have $2 PBR on Tuesday, but no one wants to drink on a Tuesday and honestly not PBR. They used to have Busch light or Natty light. Even just doing 2 bucks off would be better than what they are currently doing. Also, getting rid of Draft was the DUMBEST thing they could have done for ball lovers. We used to go to 3-4 games a week we are down to maybe 2-3 a month and that is even becoming a stretch. To have less than 150 in seats filled on a Friday night game is shameful to the legend of the park and to Kinston. Management needs to do better and fast. There were 3x the people at the WoodDucks last season nightly then currently. The direction now will have the Bird Dawgs headed to the pound for a new home soon.

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