{"id":85778,"date":"2025-08-21T20:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85778\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:16:06","slug":"llws-highlights-significance-of-mlb-specialty-stadiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/85778\/","title":{"rendered":"LLWS highlights significance of MLB specialty stadiums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every August, the sports spotlight turns to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series<\/a>. A highlight of the annual festivities is the Little League Classic<\/a>, which features a matchup of two MLB teams at Historic Bowman Field. The game demonstrates the league’s commitment to growing the game at a youth level.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Little League Classic, other MLB games at specialty locations have captivated fans around the world. Check out a list of other highlights below:<\/p>\n

Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n

2 Related<\/p>\n

United States<\/p>\n

Field of Dreams (Field of Dreams; Dyersville, IA)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: First MLB game played in Iowa<\/p>\n

8\/12\/21 – New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox – 9-8 (White Sox)<\/p>\n

8\/11\/22 – Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds – 4-2 (Cubs)<\/p>\n

Fort Bragg (Fort Bragg Field; Fort Bragg, NC)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: First MLB game held at an active military base<\/p>\n

7\/3\/16 – Miami Marlins vs. Atlanta Braves – 5-2 (Marlins)<\/p>\n

Little League Classic (Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field; Williamsport, PA)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: Pittsburgh infielder Josh Harrison wore cleats signed by Little League players in 2017<\/p>\n

8\/20\/17 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – 6-3 (Pirates)<\/p>\n

8\/19\/18 – New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies – 8-2 (Mets)<\/p>\n

8\/18\/19 – Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – 7-1 (Cubs)<\/p>\n

8\/22\/21 – Los Angeles Angels vs. Cleveland – 3-0 (Cleveland)<\/p>\n

8\/21\/22 – Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles – 5-3 (Orioles)<\/p>\n

8\/20\/23 – Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals – 4-3 (Nationals)<\/p>\n

8\/18\/24 – New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers – 3-2 (Tigers)<\/p>\n

8\/17\/25 – Seattle Mariners vs. New York Mets – 7-3 (Mets)<\/p>\n

Omaha (TD Ameritrade Park; Omaha, NE)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: Home of the College World Series<\/p>\n

6\/13\/19 – Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals – 7-3 (Royals)<\/p>\n

Paradise Series (Aloha Stadium; Honolulu, HI)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: Home of University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football<\/p>\n

4\/19\/97-4\/20\/97 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres – Cardinals took Games 1 and 2 and Padres took Game 3<\/p>\n

Rickwood Field (Rickwood Field; Birmingham, AL)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: Oldest professional ballpark in the United States<\/p>\n

6\/20\/24 – San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals – 6-5 (Cardinals)<\/p>\n

Speedway Classic (Bristol Motor Speedway; Bristol, TN)<\/p>\n

Fun fact: First MLB game played in Tennessee<\/p>\n

8\/2\/25 – Atlanta Braves vs. Cincinnati Reds – 4-2 (Braves)<\/p>\n

International <\/p>\n

*Individual MLB events in descending order of how many different times games were played in each country<\/p>\n

Mexico: Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa, Mexico City; Estadio de Beisbol, Monterrey (15 games)<\/p>\n

Japan: Tokyo Dome (12 games)<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico: Hiram Bithorn Stadium (6 games)<\/p>\n

United Kingdom: London Stadium (6 games)<\/p>\n

Australia: Sydney Cricket Ground (2 games)<\/p>\n

South Korea: Gocheok Sky Dome (2 games)<\/p>\n

For more MLB coverage, check out the ESPN hub page<\/a> for scores<\/a>, standings<\/a>, schedules<\/a>, stats<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every August, the sports spotlight turns to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series. A highlight of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-85778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}