Baseball finds a new home
Games to be played at Sartori Stadium in East Boston
Emily Canal
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: Sports
Emerson's baseball team has only played one game this season at Sartori Stadium, the newly-renovated field in East Boston scheduled to be the home park for the Lions. Last Saturday's game against Daniel Webster College was postponed when the lights malfunctioned and the team is anxious to get on the new turf field.
"The field is beautiful and close to the college," said David Hanley, the baseball coach at Emerson. "The field is equipped with drains and allows us to play games that many other New England colleges couldn't because of the weather."
Sartori Stadium, also known as East Boston Stadium, was completed over a year and half ago after renovations updated the football and baseball field with turf and added a cricket pitch, parking areas and a running track. The area is owned by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and according to the city of Boston Web site, about $1 million was invested in the project.
"We probably couldn't have a better situation without having a home field," said Roger Crosley, the coordinator of athletic operations at Emerson. "We will hopefully continue to use that as it is on the T and has a good surface to play on."
The stadium is off the Blue Line of the MBTA at the Airport station, and is approximately a 10-minute drive from campus.
Emerson applied for a permit earlier this year and requested dates and times for scheduled home games. Permits are free of charge, but the college is expected to pay $50 an hour for the cost of operating the lights during night games.
"It is great to play on a turf field in the Northeast," said Kent Anderson, a senior print journalism major and one of the tri-captains of the baseball team. "Almost always the other fields are in bad shape because the city takes little care of them."
Hanley said the team is not having difficulties adjusting to the turf field.
"The ground balls just move faster on the turf," he said. "There are no bad bounces or cleet marks and the ball moves quickly through the outfield."
"The field is beautiful and close to the college," said David Hanley, the baseball coach at Emerson. "The field is equipped with drains and allows us to play games that many other New England colleges couldn't because of the weather."
Sartori Stadium, also known as East Boston Stadium, was completed over a year and half ago after renovations updated the football and baseball field with turf and added a cricket pitch, parking areas and a running track. The area is owned by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and according to the city of Boston Web site, about $1 million was invested in the project.
"We probably couldn't have a better situation without having a home field," said Roger Crosley, the coordinator of athletic operations at Emerson. "We will hopefully continue to use that as it is on the T and has a good surface to play on."
The stadium is off the Blue Line of the MBTA at the Airport station, and is approximately a 10-minute drive from campus.
Emerson applied for a permit earlier this year and requested dates and times for scheduled home games. Permits are free of charge, but the college is expected to pay $50 an hour for the cost of operating the lights during night games.
"It is great to play on a turf field in the Northeast," said Kent Anderson, a senior print journalism major and one of the tri-captains of the baseball team. "Almost always the other fields are in bad shape because the city takes little care of them."
Hanley said the team is not having difficulties adjusting to the turf field.
"The ground balls just move faster on the turf," he said. "There are no bad bounces or cleet marks and the ball moves quickly through the outfield."
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