Home Sweet Baum

Baum Stadium at George Cole Field may be the home of the Arkansas baseball team, but it has been like a second home to many baseball fans over the years.  There are numerous entertaining promotions, giveaways and other aspects that always create a live, engaging atmosphere. One could easily confuse the park for the likes of a minor league stadium, and the truth is it's actually better than many across the country.

The University of Arkansas has a unique situation in that it has one major university in which the great majority of the state follows its sports programs.  There is also not a professional team of any major sport within the state, and the closest major league baseball park is 4 hours to the north in Kansas City.  Needless to say, Arkansas' baseball program has the attention of just about all the baseball fans in the state.

So it leaves little doubt as to why a Baum Stadium experience is among the top in the nation, but we will try and give you a more personal taste of it all year long.  From knowledgeable fans who stay in the game 9 innings to the crazies that sit out in the "Hog pen".  From the mouth watering ball park foods stretched between foul poles to the professional physical structure of 10,737 seats and promotions, we will give you in depth analyses on what the rave is about this field of dreams set back in the Ozark Mountains.

I have been attending Arkansas baseball games regularly for 10 years.  I know most of the ins and outs of pre game preparations and the PA announcements in between innings.  As a student I was able to get into games free for four five years and I have benefited from my mother buying two season tickets each year since then.  We sit in section 102 row N seats 19 and 20 by the way, so come say hello if you get the chance.  And no I did not have to look at my ticket to remember the seats.

Baum Stadium is like a second home to me in a way.  I have spent many days worth of time watching batting practice and games and post game interviews.  I will always say, even to a non baseball fan (bless your heart), that the experience given at Razorback games warrants no prior knowledge of baseball.  My girlfriend is proof of that.  So, if you haven't done so already, come out with the crowd, eat some peanuts and cracker jacks, and root for the Hog team.