Home Runs for Heritage
Heritage Field has come a long way since the 1950s, when a rudimentary ball field with a couple of benches and a chicken-wire backstop was carved out of abandoned farmland on the east end of campus.
Today, it has one of the best playing fields in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and the facilities around it have steadily improved. Just a few years ago, an 8-foot-high outfield fence was installed, and the 2006 season saw the debut of permanent bleachers.
But one thing about Heritage Field hasn’t changed in 50 years: There’s still no press box.
While our rivals’ ballparks, like John Carroll’s Schweikert Field and Otterbein’s Fishbaugh Field, have been upgraded with new press boxes in recent years, Heritage Field’s “press box” is nothing but a wooden shack with a beat-up scorer’s table that sits behind the backstop. It’s an eyesore, and it obstructs the view from our new bleachers.
For the last few years, the Baldwin-Wallace College baseball alumni have been raising money to build a new, modern press box facility with a team meeting room and training table, a recruiting office, and a concession stand and restrooms.
Last year’s inaugural Home Runs for Heritage campaign raised $3,752 by rallying dozens of B-W baseball alumni, parents and fans to pledge a total of $216 for each of the 11 home runs the Yellow Jackets hit during the 2007 season.
If you missed your chance to join last season’s campaign, you can make a pledge to the 2008 Home Runs for Heritage Campaign right now by filling out the pledge form at the bottom of this page. You can also send your pledge by e-mail at heritage@bwbaseball.com.
Thank you for supporting the Home Runs for Heritage Campaign!
