It is opening day at the Elizabethtown Sports Park as they celebrate the start of the inaugural season of the The Ripken Experience tournament season. “It is a very exciting weekend for those of us at the Elizabethtown Sports Park because it is the kickoff to a whole series of The Ripken Experience baseball tournaments. That will happen starting this weekend running all the way through October,” said spokesperson Janna Clark. The opening night festivities include a game featuring hometown 12-under talent. “The opening night is a very exciting event for us where we will feature a ceremonial first pitch and a ribbon cutting. It is go time and time to kick this really exciting season off. The featured game will be the hometown team E-Town Shock playing against the Motor City Hit Dogs coming here from Michigan. We would love for people locally to come out and catch a game of The Ripken Experience baseball.” More information can be found at EtownSports.com