A collection of 24 teenagers, most of them from Orange County, California, are about to live out a baseball dream in Farmington, New Mexico.
The Southern California Renegades are set to open play in the Connie Mack World Series at 1:30 p.m. July 21. The 12-team tournament, held in Farmington since 1965, guarantees each entrant at least five games and offers players the opportunity to feel like big leaguers.
“The Connie Mack World Series is the greatest untold story that’s ever been,” Renegades coach Si Pettrow told The Epoch Times. “This is the greatest secret of baseball.”
Contested at three sites, including 6,100-seat Ricketts Park, the tournament will begin with pool play, continue with bracket action, and culminate with the championship game July 29….