Baseball at Borleske Stadium

WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla Sweets amateur baseball team plays in the West Coast League, a collegiate summer baseball league. There are north and south divisions with eight teams each. The Sweets are in the south division and play at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla. Their last home game this season is August 8.

Coming out to watch the Sweets play is a fun family activity. Besides watching the game, there are great food options and fun fan activities between innings. Some games between innings include three-question trivia and pillow fights on a balance beam.

A few of Waitsburg's kids joined the action in June. Carter Barron and Rowdy Cole competed in the "spin ten times on a bat and run to Sweet Lou" event, with Barron winning. Erin and Jeremy Elsey's son Rhett raced Sweet Lou from first to third base. Little Elsey hit second base and continued to run out to left field before making a big turn for third base. Elsey still beat Sweet Lou!

The Sweets hold promo events throughout the season. On Del Taco Tuesdays, burritos are only $1 while supplies last.

On Winning Wednesdays, contestants are given the chance to win $500 provided by Legends Casino Hotel. I was selected to roll the oversized dice and needed a 12 to win the big money. My first die was a six, and the crowd cheered. I needed another six and rolled the second die. It tumbled end over end and ended up a FIVE. Oh well, that was good for $50. The check is in the mail.

On Thursdays, adults can purchase discounted beer, and on Sunday Fundays, the first 50 kids get a free baseball and can run around the bases after the game. There are also balloon animals and face painting for kids on Sunday.

Every game, if the Sweet pitchers combine for ten or more strikeouts, each attendee can turn in their game ticket for a free scoop of ice cream at Pine Cone Creamy in Walla Walla.

There are great seats in different price ranges in the well-kept stadium owned by Whitman College. The stadium is named for Raymond Vincent Borleske, a legendary Whitman College athlete and coach. The Walla Walla Sweets and Whitman College baseball teams, high school football programs, and other sporting events use the facility.

The Sweets and Whitman Blues have a new 3,300-square-foot clubhouse at the stadium. It features a team locker room, training and recruiting rooms, and changing rooms for coaches and umpires.

Single tickets are available online at wallawallasweets.com up to the day before and at the stadium on game day. Come spend a summer evening watching the Sweets play ball. It is a great place to spend the evening with family and friends. You might even be watching a future MLB player; fourteen Sweets players have made it to the big leagues.