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The National Baseball Congress World Series or NBC World Series is an annual collegiate and semi-pro baseball tournament held in Wichita, Kansas. Satchel Paige, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, Ozzie Smith, Tony Gwynn, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are just a few of the Major League Baseball stars who have played in the tournament.
It seemed only fitting to tournament director Katie Woods to pay homage to Paige on opening night of the 90th annual NBC World Series, a 10-day tournament that kicks off Thursday at Wichita State ...
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In 1978, it was renamed to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, adding the last name of Raymond "Hap" Dumont, who was a sports writer for The Wichita Eagle-Beacon, sports editor for the Hutchinson News, founder of the National Baseball Congress in 1935, and was instrumental in building Lawrence Stadium in Wichita. [15]
The National Baseball Congress, the national umbrella organization of the minor leagues, has a long history with Wichita, which has served as the NBC's home and National Tournament site (at Lawrence–Dumont Stadium)
Their dream of becoming the first local team to repeat as champions since the Wichita Broncos won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990 remained alive, thanks in large part to a heroic outing from ...
NBC World Series 1977-1984, 2003, 2021-present Hutchinson Monarchs 2019-present Hobart-Detter Field is an amateur baseball park in Hutchinson, Kansas , which hosted minor league teams in the Western Association from 1932 to 1959 and teams in the Jayhawk League from 1970 to 1989.
The first 1,000 fans to opening night on Thursday at Eck Stadium will receive a bobblehead of the legendary pitcher who threw in the inaugural tournament in 1935.