Ripken Experience

Ripken Experience is a youth baseball & softball complex nestled at the feet of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in Pigeon Forge, TN. Founded by the Ripken family, whose name is synonymous with baseball, the complex's goal is to teach players "The Ripken Way". Lessons including teamwork, perseverance, integrity and community extend far beyond the world of sports and have a positive impact on youths who attend player development camps and tournaments hosted at the Ripken experience.

A member of the Rubber Arm Rockets Elite, a competitive team out of Virginia, eyes down a pitch during the home-run derby contest at “Isotopes Field”. All of the fields at the complex are named after actual major and minor league ballparks from around the country. Isotopes Park is a minor-league baseball stadium located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is the home field of the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast League, the Class AAA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

Teammates celebrate as a ball sails over the center field fence during the home run derby

The Pigeon Forge complex features large lawn and a spacey back deck with rocking chairs for family members to enjoy the stunning views of the Smokey Mountains that backdrop the fields.

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