LONG BEACH, Calif — It’s “Play Ball” time at Blair Field again.
The Area Code Games kicked off today for the 38th season in a row. But this is the first time the event throws out the first pitch back in the friendly confines of its old stomping grounds of Blair Field since 2019. The summer classic was held in Long Beach, California from 1995 to 2019, but in 2020 the games moved to outside of Atlanta because of the Covid 19 pandemic. In 2021, the higher ups decided to move back to the West Coast, but this time at[…]