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Old Sun Mar 18, 2007, 10:02pm
Robert Goodman Robert Goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
What are some of the quirkiest fields you've worked on and what made them that way?

In Columbus, Ga. there is Jordan High School that shares a baseball field and a softball field. Picture a perfect square about 450' on each side with a fence enclosing it. The baseball field is on the NW corner and the softball field is on the SW corner. By my math, the opposite corner in straightaway center field is about 600' from home plate.

Oh, and it has a fire hydrant in left field about 300' from home plate.
What you're describing is common in New York City parks, except for the hydrant; however, there might be a manhole cover instead. And each corner has a diamond. This allows 4 simultaneous games, with the other infields as part of each field's outfield.

Robert
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