WBSC invites members to join MLB’s Global PLAY BALL Weekend on 13–15 June
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is proud to announce its participation in Major League Baseball’s PLAY BALL Weekend, taking place from 13 to 15 June 2025. All WBSC National Federations and affiliated organisations are invited to join this special global initiative celebrating Baseball, Softball and Baseball5.
The WBSC extends an invitation to national federations to participate and to activate their local communities through grassroots events and social media engagement.
This year, the WBSC is joining this international celebration of Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 as a great opportunity to inspire youth participation, to promote the different WBSC disciplines and strengthen the Baseball/Softball community around the world.
In line with the success of the recent World Baseball Softball Day on May 10 success, the WBSC encourages each National Federation to take part by organising grassroots activities in their own communities.
All Members are particularly urged to place special emphasis on Baseball5, the WBSC's most accessible, and urban, discipline, as a tool to reach new audiences and drive inclusion.
To be part of the celebration, the WBSC encourages all Members to:
- Organise youth or grassroots activities in your community or promote any existing baseball-softball activity of your organisation during those days
- Document your activities (photos and videos)
- Share them on social media using the hashtag #PlayBallWeekend
- Tag @playball and @WBSC on all platforms
PLAY BALL has become MLB’s flagship youth engagement platform and is widely recognised as a powerful tool to show how Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 can serve as inclusive and fun outlets for physical activity, community, and friendship.
The WBSC - which counts on National Federations’ support to activate and amplify this movement around the world, helping to grow a vibrant and united global community around diamond sports - thanks all its Members for their continued commitment to growing Baseball/Softball globally and looks forward to seeing a wave of local activations that showcase the power and joy of our global game.