Wednesday, September 19, 2007

follow their lead

Watching NESN tonight a coworker and I noticed that the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association announced it had signed a contract with the Lowell Spinners to play the state high school baseball championship games at the Spinners' beautiful park for the next 10 years. It begs the question, why have the CIAC and Rock Cats (as well as the city of New Britain) not worked out a similar deal?
New Britain Stadium is easily the best ballpark in the state, far better than antiquated Yale Field and Muzzy Field which have most recently been used for championship games. After a minor fiasco at Yale this year, involving the stadium ground crew's failure to get the tarp on quickly enough during a rain delay and thus forcing the postponement of several games, the CIAC is rumored to be near the end of using Yale Field for state championships.
New Britain and the Rock Cats should get all over this, offer the CIAC a reasonable price to use the field, and make money off of concessions and parking.
How great would it be for high school players to get a taste of such a beautiful field, and for parents, friends and fans to get to watch them there?

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