Park Name: Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds Stadium Tenants: Watertown Rapids (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) Opened: 1936 Grandstand Rebuilt: 1948 Address: 970 Coffeen Street, Watertown, New York 13601 Dimensions: 320' (L), 380' (C), 320' (R) Former Tenants: Watertown/Massena Bucks (Canadian-American League) 1936 Watertown Athletics (Border League) 1946-1951 Watertown Pirates (New York-Penn League) 1983-1988 Watertown Indians (New York-Penn League) 1989-1998 Watertown Wizards (New York Collegiate Baseball League) 2000-2010 Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) 2011-2013 Watertown Rams (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) 2014 Watertown Bucks (North Country Baseball League) 2015 Watertown Bucks (Empire League) 2016 The view from behind home plate at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds Stadium. The fairgrounds style grandstand runs in a long, straight line behind home plate, and is made up of aluminum bleachers with a wooden roof. The grandstand is not ideal for baseball, but was once used for races and other County Fair events. Because the grandstand runs in a straight line set back from the plate, the park features wooden seating platforms that let fans sit closer to the action. An aluminum bleacher section sits on a wooden platform above the home dugout on the first base side, with more aluminum bleachers on the ground beside it. The outfield fence is a wooden wall, with a cloth-covered chain link fence acting as the batter's eye in center field. |