Baseball United, the first-ever professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, said its Dubai showcase event will now feature two Baseball United All-Star teams playing a two-game series on November 24 and 25.
It also said the Dubai event will celebrate Baseball United’s core value of unity and will be preceded by a weeklong calendar of community events, while announcing the new dates and an evolved approach for its inaugural Showcase event.
The two teams will be called the Baseball United East All-Stars and Baseball United West All-Stars and will include 22 professional players and three prospects per team.
Of the 44 total professional players, at least 75 percent will have Major League Baseball experience.
The league’s inaugural Draft will now be held virtually on Monday, October 23, with All-Star rosters to be announced on Wednesday, October 25.
“Unity is not only built into our name at Baseball United, it’s ingrained in our DNA,” said CEO, Chairman, and Majority Owner Kash Shaikh.
“Since we began this journey, every person in our organisation has been passionate about bringing people together through the game we all love,” he said.
Shaikh said the club wanted to hero the unity that has ignited its league since its inception, instead of focusing on the sports rivalries that will excite the fans in the future.
“And what better way to do that than spending Thanksgiving weekend here in the UAE, watching our league’s best stars from a dozen different countries all playing with the words ‘United’ across their chests,” he said.
Mubashshir Usmani, General Secretary, Emirates Cricket Board, said the board fully support Baseball United’s decision to evolve the dates and format of their Showcase event.
“Together, we’re looking forward to hosting fans from across the world at Dubai International Stadium for this premier event,” he added.
Get your Baseball United tickets
Tickets for the Baseball United All-Star Showcase will go on sale Thursday, October 19, with special “early bird” pricing in place for the first seven days.
To purchase tickets, fans can visit the website, or purchase directly via the league’s ticketing partner, Platinumlist.
Early bird tickets start at AED49 ($13) for Outfield Boxes and AED199 ($54) for luxury Diamond Club seats behind Homeplate.
