Root, Root, Root for ATU: Bash at the Ballpark 2025

Bash at the Ballpark 2023
File photo from a previous Bash at the Ballpark event at Arkansas Tech University.

Bash at the Ballpark 2025 is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, at Arkansas Tech University’s Carl Baswell Field.

Founded in 2014, Bash at the Ballpark is an annual event presented by the Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce that brings a carnival atmosphere to an Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys’ home baseball game.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. First pitch for the Wonder Boys’ Great American Conference game against the Harding University Bisons is scheduled for 1 p.m. Admission to Bash at the Ballpark and the game will be free and open to the public.

Activities scheduled for Bash at the Ballpark include snow cones, bounce houses, face painting, T-shirts for children while supplies last and free hot dogs and chips from Tyson Foods. Children will be eligible to sign up for a chance to throw out the first pitch.

Members of the Wonder Boys baseball team will be available to sign autographs and Jerry the Bulldog, ATU campus ambassador, will be available for photographs with ATU fans.

Bash at the Ballpark 2025 sponsors include St. Mary’s Regional Health System, Tyson Foods, Owens Corning, City Corporation, Simmons Bank, Millard-Henry Clinic, Direct Auto Insurance, Chambers Bank, Rockline Industries, Happy Jumpers, Mountain Mudd, Russellville Nursing and Rehab and Feltner’s Athlete’s Corner.