Built a Little League Baseball Field

[75H2]

I posted earlier this spring about advice on building a backstop. The league my son plays in doesn't have enough fields for the kids to practice on. After getting chased off of 3 fields in one day I asked the coach if he thought we had a big enough back yard to practice on. He took a look and said we could probably work something out. The first time was interesting. We had nothing, just a yard. Balls were everywhere and no bases. I thought we could do better son I asked around at work (Fab shop) for some scrap to make a makeshift backstop. The president of that company stopped over to see me a few days later. He took me around their yard and showed me some pipe and fencing. About 2 hours later he called back and said after thinking it over he wanted to do something better. He had an engineer lay something out. They fabbed up some brakets for the pipe and made me basically a backstop erector set, Once it was done "all" I had to do was dig some holes and put it together. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Fortunately I have a father who is still ok with helping his adult son out. We finished the backstop in June. The team practiced there the rest of the season. A few weeks ago I laid out a formal infield and mount. recently we had a whole bunch of kids there with their parents. The kids played ball, the parents ate and had a few adult beverages. Hope the pics inspire some other dad to do the same for their kid

 

[Diamondpilot]

Nice job.

Chris

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That is way cool!!!!!

 

[EagleTDL]

You should be commended on your effort... Nicely done! :thumbsup:

P.S. Grass on the infield looks great!

 

[ducks13]

Great effort! Thanks for posting.

 

[tracterorizer]

Nice job, you've got one lucky son.

 

[USNative]

That's a great story and your son will cherish the memories for life. :thumbsup:

 

[mjncad]

Your backstop story reminds me of a friend of mine speaking at his son's Eagle Scout ceremony where the local Scoutmaster told my buddy that it would only be one-hour a week of volunteer time.

Your son and my friend's son definitely scored home-runs from each of you for going the extra mile.

 

[plowindeeper]

Never quit that job you have the best boss ever to help you out like that
Your son will never forget you doing this for him and neither will the other kiddos glad there are still people like you your boss and your father that will still do that for kids

 

[bradm64]

In the mid 1970's, my dad, my brother-in-law, and some of the other dad's built a baseball field in a hay-field behind my parents house so our team would have a place to practice. Our backstop was made from 16 foot tall cross ties and wire fencing.

Some of my fondest memories growing up were neighbor hood pick up base ball or softball games on that field - sometimes even had moms, sisters, dads, etc playing too. Seems like for a couple summers, every day we had a group of kids of all ages playing there. I still see folks I grew up with from time to time, and a story or recollection of those days comes up in conversation.

i expect your kids and his team mates will have the same great memories of the good thing you have done for them!

Brad