Hot Springs Baseball Weekend
Mark your calendars! The 7th Annual Hot Springs Baseball Weekend, August 23 & 24, 2024, will feature legends of the game Johnny Bench, Robin Yount, Ted Simmons, Goose Gossage, Al Hrabosky, and Tom Pagnozzi at the Hot Springs Convention Center!
Join us for a weekend of panel discussions, interactions with fans and baseball film to celebrate Hot Springs’ role as the Birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training.
Hot Springs Baseball Weekend is FREE and open to the public! For more information call Steve Arrison at 501-321-2027.
2024 Hot Springs Baseball Weekend Schedule
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
• 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. — Cardinal legend Al (The Mad Hungarian) Hrabosky Tells His Baseball Story. Horner Hall.
• 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. — Free screening of the documentary film, “It Ain’t Over,” an intimate portrait of a misunderstood American icon — Larry (Yogi) Berra. The emotional and uplifting documentary takes us beyond the caricatures and “Yogi-isms” into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona. The first 200 guests receive a free Baseball Weekend poster. Horner Hall.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
• 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. — Society for American Baseball Research meeting in Room 103 of the Convention Center. Free and nonmembers welcome. Speaker Babe Ruth historian and author Frank Amoroso.
• 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Baseball card show in the lobby
• 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. — Mister Brewer: Hall of Famer Robin Yount.
• 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. — Remembering Yankees legend Thurmon Munson with Hall of Famer Rich (Goose) Gossage
• 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. — The Art of Cardinals Catching with Hall of Famer Ted Simmons and All-Star Tom Pagnozzi and moderator Al (The Mad Hungarian) Hrabosky
• 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. — Talking Baseball with Hall of Famer Johnny Bench
• 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. — Ask the Pros, featuring Johnny Bench, Robin Yount, Ted Simmons, Goose Gossage, Al Hrabosky and Tom Pagnozzi