Hank DeVincent Field
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| Location | La Salle University campus; 1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Owner | La Salle University |
| Operator | La Salle University |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Surface | Sprinturf |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
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| Renovated | 2007, 2012, 2019 |
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| La Salle Explorers baseball (NCAA D1 A-10) | |
Hank DeVincent Field is a baseball venue located on the campus of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The field was home to the La Salle Explorers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference.[1] The field holds a capacity of 1,000 spectators.[2] On April 29, 1978 the field was named after former player and team captain Hank DeVincent.[3]
Renovations
[edit | edit source]Left field wall
[edit | edit source]In fall 2007, the school heightened the field's left field wall to prevent home run balls from breaking the windows of buildings over the fence. The chain link was painted green in homage to the Green Monster at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. The Green Monster, which is also green, is the left field fence at Fenway. A new batting cage was constructed at the same time as the wall, and both improvements were part of a campus-wide construction project.[4]
Dugouts
[edit | edit source]In fall 2012, the field's dugouts were lengthened and upgraded.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ DeVincent Field Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machineat goexplorers.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. 10/24/09
- ^ Quick Facts Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine at goexplorers.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
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- ^ More monstrous Field gets fence improved at lasalle.edu, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
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