By By Adam Robinson – sports Editor
The 2008 edition of the Brewton Babe Ruth season will begin on Thursday at the Brewton and East Brewton Babe Ruth fields.
The league will field six teams this season. Teams include the Tigers, Indians, Cardinals, Rays, Royals and Rockies.
On Thursday, the Tigers and Indians will play each other at 5:30 p.m. in East Brewton followed by the Cardinals and Rays at 7:30 p.m.
The Royals and Rockies will take to the fields at 5:30 p.m. in Brewton.
Teams will play a round-robin like tournament at the T.R. Miller High School field in Brewton on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. followed by 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m.
Games will be played during the season on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
The remainder of the 2008 Brewton Babe Ruth schedule is as followed:
Monday, May 5: 5:30 p.m. EB Tigers and Cardinals, 7:30 p.m. EB Rays and Indians
Tuesday, May 6: 5:30 p.m. TRM Rays and Cardinals, 7:30 p.m. TRM Indians and Tigers, 5:30 p.m. WSN Rockies and Royals
Friday, May 9: 5:30 p.m. TRM Rays and Tigers, 7:30 p.m. TRM Cardinals and Rockies, 6 p.m. Royals and Indians
Monday, May 12: 5:30 p.m. EB Rays and Rockies, 7:30 p.m. EB Royals and Tigers, 5:30 TRM Cardinals and Indians
Friday, May 16: 5:30 p.m. TRM Tigers and Rockies, 7:30 p.m. TRM Royals and Rays
Monday, May 19: 5:30 p.m. EB Indians and Rockies, 7:30 p.m. EB Cardinals and Royals
Tuesday, May 20: 5:30 p.m. TRM Royals and Tigers, 7:30 p.m. TRM Indians and Cardinals
Thursday, May 22: 5:30 p.m. TRM Rays and Indians, 7:30 p.m. TRM Cardinals and Tigers
Tuesday, May 27: 5:30 p.m. TRM Rockies and Indians, 7:30 p.m. TRM Rays and Royals
Thursday, May 29: 5:30 p.m. TRM Royals and Cardinals, 7:30 p.m. TRM Rockies and Tigers, 5:30 p.m. EB Indians and Rays
Friday, May 30: 5:30 p.m. TRM Tigers and Indians, 7:30 p.m. TRM Cardinals and Rays
Monday, June 2: 5:30 p.m. TRM Tigers and Cardinals, 7:30 p.m. Royals and Rays, 5:30 p.m. EB Indians and Rockies
Tuesday, June 3: 5:30 p.m. TRM Tigers and Rockies, 7:30 p.m. TRM Cardinals and Rockies
Thursday, June 5: 5:30 p.m. TRM Indians and Royals, 7:30 p.m. TRM Rockies and Cardinals, 5:30 p.m. EB Tigers and Rays.
Games will not be played on Thursday, May 8 due to the W.S. Neal baseball banquet.
Games will also not be played on Tuesday, May 13 due to the W.S. Neal band banquet and on Thursday, May 15 due to the T.R. Miller High School senior class night.
Games scheduled for Friday, May 23 will not be played due to W.S. Neal and T.R. Miller High School graduation and games that were scheduled for Monday, May 26 will not be played due to the observance of Memorial Day.