Park Name: Montpelier Recreation Field Tenants: Vermont Mountaineers (New England Collegiate Baseball League) Opened: 1940 Address: 1 Poolside Drive, Montpelier, Vermont 05601 Dimensions: 307' (L), 419' (C), 311' (R) Former Tenants: Montpelier Senators (Northern League) 1940-1941 Twin City Trojans (Northern League) 1946-1950, 1952 The plywood pressbox sits at the top of the wooden grandstand, which was built as a WPA project in 1940. The grandstand features wooden benches on a steep grade, and 4 fold down chairs in front of the pressbox that were former housed at Fenway Park in Boston. Small bleacher sections sit down the first base line, and fans bring their own chairs to set up around the park. Fans can sit or stand behind the outfield fence, but the Mountaineers require everyone have a ticket to watch the game. Plaques on the side of the grandstand celebrate the history of baseball in Montpelier, and Robin Roberts, the baseball Hall of Famer who played at Recreation Field. The large chain link outfield fence. The walls are relatively close to the plate at the corners, and very deep in center field. The scoreboard sits behind the fence in left field, and the wall is shorter directly in front of it. |