New Baseball Facility

Nice - congrats on this nice Christmas gift.

This place will do a good job of helping you but my advice is to google different high schools and see what they have posted on their website.

To help you get started Bulldog 19's old high school has just opened up a new building / facilities and he has some pics. Contact him thru PM and I'm sure he will be more than happy to help.

Another one is google Pleasure Ridge Park High School Louisville KY. They have an awesome place to play baseball at.

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To help you get started Bulldog 19's old high school has just opened up a new building / facilities and he has some pics. Contact him thru PM and I'm sure he will be more than happy to help.

Coach, you're gonna require me to go take some pictures, huh?

Mike B, make sure you have LOTS of room. Our field is built on a rather small plat of ground.. as in a high school baseball field on an area the size a little bigger than a softball field!

My bad - I just assumed you had them saved. That's what I get for opening my mouth before I know all the facts. Apparantly I do that a lot and I mean a lot.

Mike,
I'm sure the HS does not have the resources to emulate the clubhouse and field like my sons college, the Univ of IL-Chicago, did a couple years ago but you may be able to get some ideas from these slide shows.

clubhouse

Les Miller field

This will do:

Our high school field has a two story building behind home plate that houses a concession stand, announcer's booth, storage, restrooms and a team room.

The coach, who worked hard to get the donations to get it built, told me that the concession stand could not look out over the diamond because of Title IX. Since the baseball diamond is only used by the boys and the softball field doesn't have a building those working the concession stand are not able to see the game unless they step outside. The concession window is at a right angle from home plate. If what the coach told me is true about the Title IX requirements just be aware you might face the same thing.

If you're considering sunken dugouts, be aware that if the school undergoes renovations or additions, the dugouts may have to be filled in because they're non-conforming-- not wheelchair accessible.

Last summer our Legion team played an away game at a field that had just had its dugouts filled in and rebuilt for that reason.