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Ripken Baseball

Item: Ripken Baseball
Author: Tamar Alexia Fleishman

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How fitting that the man considered the Pride of Harford County – the Orioles' own Ironman – Cal Ripken, built a beautiful facility for kids in his hometown of Aberdeen.

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How fitting that the man considered the Pride of Harford County – the Orioles' own Ironman – Cal Ripken, built a beautiful facility for kids in his hometown of Aberdeen.

This is a world-class venue for kids' tournaments, baseball and softball camps and the Cal Ripken World Series, where the best 12-year-olds compete in a division of the Babe Ruth League.

There are seven fields, including three that are junior sized replicas of real baseball fields, including Baltimore's, Chicago's and Boston's. These happen to be the the three finest, classic baseball fields in the country. Whether or not your child goes onto a more advanced baseball career, The Ripken Experience Aberdeen Powered By Under Armour – the full, tongue-twisty name for the venue – gives an opportunity to feel like he or she is playing in the major leagues.

Address:

873 Long Drive
Aberdeen, MD 21001

Phone:

888-RIPKEN-1

Website:

ripkenbaseball.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Tamar Alexia Fleishman
Baltimore Local Expert

Things to Do with Kids: "Stay at the connected Marriott hotel, designed to resemble the warehouse at Camden Yards. It has a side door that opens right onto the baseball fields: safe for kids."

Best for Things to Do with Kids Because: It's one thing for a museum to say they're "interactive", but here's a place where kids can actually excel on their own!