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Now, Post 100 will play in the American Legion World Series in Shelby, North Carolina. If two teams are tied, a tie will be broken by head to head results followed by fewest runs allowed, most ...
The 7 th Inning Stretch Festival will come to Shelby this weekend and has a new name, The American Legion World Series Festival.. Hosted by the N.C. Department of The American Legion, this year's ...
The American Legion first sponsored a baseball league in 1925. In the first American Legion Baseball World Series, Yonkers, New York, Post 321 beat a team from Pocatello, Idaho, in Philadelphia in 1926. However, the inaugural season was expensive for the American Legion due to travel costs, and the subsequent season was cancelled.
Now, Post 100 will play in the American Legion World Series in Shelby, North Carolina. But if Hudson can shut down North Dakota, and Texas hangs a crooked number on Alabama, that leaves the door open.
The Shelby Farmers and Shelby minor league teams hosted their home minor league games at Veterans Stadium. [78] Today, the ballpark is still in use, now known as "Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium," hosting high school and youth teams. [79] Since 2011, Keeter Stadium annually has hosted the youth American Legion World Series.
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Shelby is known throughout the state for its collaborative methods between private, non-profit, and public sector organizations with groups like Leadership Cleveland County. In 2011, Shelby was named the permanent home of the American Legion Baseball World Series after decades of rotating venues for the event. [16]
The American Legion World Series begins Thursday at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, N.C.