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Baseball Field Renovation Project Begins

The Asbury Park Little League (APLL) has announced the start of the long awaited renovation of the only 90 foot base path baseball field in Asbury Park.   This field is used by the Little League Junior Division (ages 13 - 15) and by the High School Varsity baseball team.

In 2007 the APLL, with the tremendous support of the community, was able to completely renovate the smaller, 60 foot base path, Little League field.   This field is located at the north end of Memorial Drive at 6th Avenue.  After seven seasons of use, the field looks like it did on Opening Day 2007.  Please take a ride by and you will see what a gem it is!  The total amount that was raised to complete that project was approximately $ 200,000.   That amount included everything that you see at the field today since there was virtually nothing there when the project was started. This field is continually maintained to provide the Little League players with an excellent baseball experience.   The picture above shows our beautiful Little League field and is thanks to Google Earth.

The Little League players who learned how to play baseball on the brand new Little League field, have now moved on and are playing Little League Junior Division and Varsity baseball with the Asbury Park High School.   Unfortunately that field looks and plays like the smaller Little League field did before the renovation.   Just so you get an idea of how that field looks, please find below a picture, again thanks to Google Earth.

The Junior Division/Varsity field is a disaster and must be fixed if the kids are to continue to excel at the great game of baseball.   There are so many problems with this field that it would take pages to detail them all.   Suffice it to say that, besides having absolutely no amenities like fencing, netting, dug-outs, scoreboard, etc., the field does not drain well at all.  If it rains on any given day, it takes about 3 days of good weather for  the field to dry out.   This is caused because the field not only is not graded properly, but also because the infield mix and the subsurface do not allow for proper drainage.

The budget to completely renovate this baseball field, including the cost of field lighting, is $ 521,000.00.    This project will be divided into two phases.   The first phase will be the complete renovation of the field at a cost of $ 306,000.   The second phase will be the field lighting at a cost of $ 215,000.   The renovation of the field must be done in October so that the seed & sod has time to establish itself before the Spring 2014 season.  The reason that the costs for this field are so much more than for the Little League field is that it is not only substantially larger, but also because the entire field must be re-graded.  

The Asbury Park Little League is again asking for community support to complete this project.   Please help the Little League help the kids of Asbury Park by donating to this project.    Your donation is tax deductible as allowed by law.   Please help us today to provide our older kids with an alternative to the street .   The future of our society depends on the success of our kids!   Donations can be mailed to the Asbury Park Little League at PO Box 702, Asbury Park, NJ   07712.  For questions or comments concerning this project, please contact Danny McKee, President of the APLL at 732 - 768 - 6860.