The Tucson Star
And the boots. And the hat.
Prepare your taste buds, sharpen your throat and let the party begin!
This Thursday, October 6, is the first of four days of the eleventh Vamós a Tucson Mexican Baseball Festival at the Kino Veterans Memorial stadium, an event that has become the favorite of many people in our city due to the great atmosphere that is lived and which includes delicious local food and live music, in addition to baseball games.
On this occasion, four teams from the Mexican Pacific ARCO League are coming: Naranjeros from Hermosillo, Yaquis from Ciudad Obregón, Mayos from Navojoa and Águilas from Mexicali and at La Estrella de Tucsón we will give away tickets. Here we tell you how to participate.
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From Thursday to Saturday there are two games a day in Tucson, while on Sunday there is only one game to make room for the concert-dance with the Sonoran musical group Su Majestad La Brissa.
The Mexican Fiesta is also going to Douglas, Az. on Wednesday, October 5, with a game between Mayos de Navojoa and Yaquis de Obregón at Copper King Stadium at 7 pm
This is the schedule of games in Tucson:
Obregon vs. Navojoa, 5:05 p.m.
Hermosillo vs Arizona Wildcats, after the first game.
Obregon vs. Mexicali, 5:05 p.m
Hermosillo vs Navojoa, after the first game.
Saturday October 8: Mexicali vs. Navojoa, 5:05 p.m
Hermosillo vs. Obregón, after the first match.
Hermosillo vs. Navojoa, 5 p.m.
La Brissa is introduced after the first and only game of the day.
Tickets are on sale online at mexicanbaseballfiesta.com/games/tucson at a cost of $15 in general admission and $20 in numbered seats. The Kino Stadium box office will be open the week of the party.
Remember that Kino Stadium, at 2500 E Ajo Way, has a clear bag/purse security policy.
File.- A group of youngsters try to catch a ball thrown into the stands just before the first pitch between Hermosillo and Obregón on the third day of the Fiesta Mexicana de Beisbol at the Kino Sports Complex, in Tucson, on October 5, 2019.
Kelly Presnell / The Tucson Star
Obregon’s second baseman, Daniel Esteban Morales Zamorano, throws out Bernardo Heras of Mexicali on the opening night of the Fiesta Mexicana de Beisbol in 2021. This year, the Fiesta is October 6-9.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
