Baseball United’s inaugural Cancún Week runs Nov. 5-7 in Mexico, held with the Tigres de Quintana Roo. It is the league’s most visible activity of 2026, a year in which it will not play professional baseball.
The Inaugural Season
Baseball United played 27 games in November and December 2025 at Baseball United Ballpark in Ud Al-Bayda, about 18 miles outside Dubai. The Mid East Falcons beat the Mumbai Cobras in the three-game championship series. Munenori Kawasaki was series MVP.
WBN’s Leif Skodnick covered the season on the ground in the UAE, including his final notes from the inaugural United Series.
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A New Front Office
Co-founder, chairman and CEO Kash Shaikh stepped down March 1 and is now chief marketing officer and head of international at Perfect Game. Co-founder John Miedreich was named CEO, Barry Larkin chairman of the board, and Adrián Beltré and Robinson Chirinos vice chairmen, under a leadership structure announced in March. The ownership group includes roughly 20 former major leaguers.
No Season This Winter
On July 3 the league announced it would not play in 2026-27, pushing its next professional season to 2027. The announcement followed the outbreak of fighting between the United States, Israel, the UAE and other Gulf states and Iran.
Larkin told WBN in May, in a Q&A with Skodnick alongside Miedreich, that player and family safety would determine whether a season went forward. The league said it would spend the year on schools, coaching standards, federation relationships and fan engagement.
Cancún Week
Three ticketed events, plus school visits and a youth baseball clinic. The league announced the partnership in August.
Thursday, Nov. 5 — Premium Cocktail Event, presented by Troutman Pepper Locke. 6-8 p.m., $109.
Friday, Nov. 6 — Celebrity Golf Tournament at Iberostar Golf Club Cancún, 8:30 a.m. tee time. Packages run from a $109 non-playing hospitality pass to $299 for tournament entry and $499 for a guaranteed foursome with an MLB legend. A Hall of Fame package pairing guests with a Hall of Famer is priced on request.
Saturday, Nov. 7 — Celebrity Softball Game at Estadio Sherwin-Williams Beto Ávila, home of the Tigres, presented by Musco. Gates at 4 p.m., first pitch 6 p.m., tickets from $6.
Attending legends include Mariano Rivera, Barry Larkin, Adrián Beltré, Bartolo Colón, Robinson Canó, Félix Hernández, Julio Franco, Elvis Andrus and Mexican veterans Vinicio Castilla and Jorge Cantú.
Baseball United’s inaugural Cancún Week runs Nov. 5-7 in Mexico, hosted with the Tigres de Quintana Roo, a Mexican League club unaffiliated with the league.