Host Families

Diethrick Park

 

 

  Babe Ruth World Series Baseball will return to Jamestown in August 2011 when the city hosts the 13-15 Year Old Babe Ruth World Series.
 

 Congratulations to Tri-Valley, Calif. of the Pacific Northwest for winning the 2011 13-15 Babe Ruth World Series. Click on the folloing link for scores, stats, recaps and video clips: Babe Ruth International Website.
 
Radio Coverage

Jamestown's News Tallk 1240 AM, WJTN will be the Flagship Station for the 2011 13-15 Babe Ruth World Series. WJTN will broadcast a free live internet audio stream for 11 pre-selected games during the series and will have audio recaps for every single game available on its website. WJTN will be broadcasting both quarterfinal and semifinal games, as well as the championship. The games will also be archived and available for download 30 minutes after each game. Click here to view the broadcast schedule.

KELA 1470 AM in Centrailia, Wash. will be broadcasting the pool play games that the Pacific Northwest is competing in. The audio broadcast will be available in the Centrailia area on 1470 AM and will also be streamed online for free at www.kelaam.com

 

Overview
The 2011 13-15 Year Old Babe Ruth World Series will be held in Jamestown, New York from August 20-27. This is the 15th total World Series hosted in the city of Jamestown. The city hosted the first ever Babe Ruth World Series in 1980 with the 13-Year-Old World Series. All 25 games of the tournament will be held at Russell E. Diethrick, Jr. Park, home of the Single A Jamestown Jammers of the minor league NY-Penn league. In 1997 the stadium was re-named in honor of Diethrick, a long-time supporter of local baseball and currently the Host President of the BRWS Committee.
Championship Format

The 10-team World Series field is comprised of the champions of each of the eight national regions (New England, Middle Atlantic, Ohio Valley, Southeast, Midwest Plains, Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest) as well as the Western New York State Champions and the Host Team.

Each of the 10 teams in the World Series will play four round-robin style games over the first five days of play. Teams will be split into two divisions, National and American. Each team will play the other four teams in their division once. A tie in standings will be broken by head-to-head records then fewest total runs allowed. After pool play the top three teams in each division will advance to a single elimination bracket, with the top seed in each division receiving byes.

Hotel Information
Click the following link to find hotel information for the 2011 Jamestown World Series - Sport Nation Web Site.
 
Schedule of Events
Sunday, July 24 - 28th annual World Series of Cars - Bergman Park - 8 am to 5 pm
Thursday, August 18 - Team Arrival Day - Jamestown Community College
Friday, August 19 - Home Run Derby - Bergman Park 12 pm to 2 pm
Friday, August 19 - Banquet of Champions - Jamestown Community College (Phys. Ed. Complex) - 6:30 pm
Saturday, August 20 - Parade - Downtown Jamestown - 9 am
August 20 - Opening Day - Diethrick Park
Game Schedule
Tournament Links
Printable (PDF) Bracket
Scores/Updates
Hostess Information
Click the following link for information about being a team hostess for the 2011 World Series.
Ticket Information
Family Series Pass (Good for two adults and any number of kids with them for all 25 ganes): $35.00
Single Person Series Pass: $20.00
Daily Family Pass (2 adults and any numbere of kids with them for ALL games on any One Day): $10.00
Single Person Daily Pass: ($5.00)

Reserved Box Seats - Only reserved seats in the stadium - good for one person for all 25 games: $60.00 each (Limited number available)

Banquet of Champions
Friday, August 19th at JCC $20.00 each

Tickets for all events can be purchased at BRWS Headquarters or at the Diethrick Park. Bauquet tickets can also be purchased at banquet.
 
World Series Headquarters
Prior to the World Series, Headquarters will be located at the Renaissance Center at 119-121 W. Third Street, Jamestown, N.Y. 14701 (corner of Third and Washington). When the World Series begins, Headquarters will be moved to Diethrick Park. The phone number for HQ is 716-484-4103.
 
Photography
A professional photographer will be shooting the 2011 Babe Ruth World Series and his photos will be posted on his website and will be available for purchase. Please click here to go to the photographer's website.
 

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