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The Yakima Air Terminal at McAllister Field is located about 10 minutes from Yakima County Stadium, and has four flights in and out of Yakima to Seattle per day. Find available flights and flight times here
In addition, the Tri-Cities Airport (in Pasco) is a 60-minute drive and has daily service to and from Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Phoenix/Mesa, Denver, San Francisco, and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
From Seattle (about 2 1/2 hours)
From Portland (about 3 hours) to Yakima County Stadium
From Spokane (about 3 1/2 hours)
The West Coast League is an international league. It encompasses the entire Pacific Northwest, including the stunning beauty of British Columbia. As such, your son will need a valid passport for travel purposes (you may need one as well, if you wish to travel to Kelowna or Victoria to watch the club play). For players, If you do not already have the proper documentation, you would be wise to begin securing that now. It takes anywhere from 4-6 weeks to get that paperwork done properly, and as winter progresses to spring, those times usually get longer (as people look to travel). Here are some websites that will help you secure your travel documents/passports:
Please call our office if you have any questions – if your son does not have his passport, he will not be able to join us on our road trips to Canada, and since we have a talented roster, we want to make sure every member of the team is there and able to contribute.
We welcome you to one of the fastest-growing collegiate wood-bat baseball destinations in the country. We are excited to welcome back those of you returning who helped the Pippins grow last year. For new players, you represent some of the best collegiate talent in the country and we are thrilled that you will be joining us this season. Our organizational goals include creating a positive environment for players to develop their talents on the field, allowing you to gain insight as to what life would be like as part of a professional organization, and to compete each season for a WCL Championship. We will provide you the tools and resources to be successful on the field and to be role models in our community. This community is incredibly passionate about the team – many nights playing in front of large crowds — and you are seen as celebrities (you’ll sign a fair share of autographs). While those parts of the experience are fun, they are accompanied by the responsibility to represent our franchise, your family and your university with honor. Our baseball staff and their contact information is included in this FAQ. Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or concerns. We will also be in regular contact via phone and email as we finalize details in preparation for the season. We anxiously await the season!
Yakima is centrally located in the Washington state, in the heart of apple country. With a relatively low cost of living and strong sense of community, Yakima is an excellent place to live, work and play. We are proud of our city, and the heart of Central Washington.
Built in 1993 for the Yakima Bears minor-league team, the stadium has seen more than $250,000 in improvements since the Pippins joined the league in 2014. With a seating capacity of 2,800, the stadium boasts excellent sight lines from any seat and has many seats closer to the playing field than most ballparks. The stadium includes two concession stands, a standalone barbecue grill, elevator, two staircases and two ramps to the seating level, a picnic deck, two enclosed bar areas and more.
Pippins players will be living with host families, members of the communities who will open up their homes for players to live in. We will be assigning host families during the spring of 2020. Please see the form that we ask players to fill out so that we may do our best to match you with an appropriate family. A note about host families: Families in our community provide room, board, many meals and often transportation when needed, at no cost to you and no payment the families. This model works when players are respectful and communicate with their families. In order to make sure that we continue the tradition started in 2014, you’ve received a packet with your contract offer that includes a host family information sheet. Please take five minutes and fill out the information when returning your contract. This insures that we can ensure you have the best host family situation. We will communicate host family placement around mid-April (if not before then). Please email Jeff if you have any concerns.
Per West Coast League policy, teams are not to pay for players to come to their host cities. Players are responsible for securing their travel to Yakima. Players can fly into Seattle, Tri-Cities or Yakima, or drive their own vehicles.
The team will pay for hotel rooms and charter bus while on the road, and in addition provide players with a per diem for food. Accommodations will be at hotels such as Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn and Suites, and Best Western Inn & Suites. Players will share hotel rooms with teammates.
We expect that our players will fulfill the contract they sign, meaning that you should plan to be returning home on or around Aug. 20, pending postseason play. If you are not able to honor this, for any reason, please contact the manager immediately (no later than March 31). We will discuss, with the team president and your college coach, the potential that you will be replaced on the roster with a player who is able to commit for the entire season.
The team is owned and operated by Pacific Baseball Ventures, Holdco. The group, which is comprised of both local and regional investors, founded the Pippins franchise in 2014 for the express purpose of returning professionally managed baseball back to Yakima County Stadium. The member partners of Pacific Baseball Ventures hold ownership positions in a number of other baseball properties, including full ownership of the Walla Walla Sweets (WCL). Additionally, group members hold managing interests in the Tacoma Rainiers (PCL, AAA) and the Seattle Mariners (AL West, MLB). Having a positive impact on communities through the fan experience of professionally-managed baseball is of primary importance to the group.