Babe Ruth

Updated on August 28, 2022: The Restoration of the Arlington Hotel is currently underway, with the second tower currently under construction and the first tower to be revealed at a later date. Improvements are continuing to be made on the inside…

The world’s third bronze statue of Babe Ruth will be dedicated on Ruth’s birthday next year, at the main entrance to Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex, where Ruth played in the early 20th Century. Majestic Park is a brand…

Arguably the state’s most historic baseball site — many would contend there’s no debating it — will return to action this spring in Hot Springs as the revamped and renovated Majestic Park baseball complex. The five-field complex is set up…

Nine college baseball teams from four states will compete February 3 – 6, 2022, in an inaugural tournament at the new Majestic Park baseball complex in Hot Springs. The tournament will be named the Dugan Invitational Tournament in honor of…

The board of directors for Friends of Majestic Park announced on Tuesday that the world’s third bronze statue of baseball legend Babe Ruth is being created for installation at the entrance of Hot Springs’ Majestic Park baseball complex. The only…

In the summer of 1996, I served an internship at my hometown newspaper in Carroll, Iowa. Five days a week for most of the summer, I reported on an array of general assignment stories and also helped the veteran sports…