Saturday, May 14, 2011

Prep baseball: A primer on Digital Domain Park

(wikipedia)

Manatee's first crack at a state baseball title since 1963 will come Friday at Digital Domain Park in Port St. Lucie, where the Hurricanes face Lakeland in a Class 5A state semifinal.
Here is some info on the stadium, which has hosted the state baseball semifinals and finals since 2009.

CONSTRUCTED: 1988
CAPACITY: 7,160
DIMENSIONS: 338 ft. (left field); 410 (centerfield); 338 (right field).
WHO GOES THERE?: It's the spring home of the New York Mets. The high Single-A St. Lucie Mets, a Florida State League South Division foe of the Bradenton Marauders, have been there since the park opened. And the Gulf Coast League Mets played there from 1992-99 before returning in 2004.
MILES FROM MANATEE HIGH: 151.52, according to MapQuest.
MY NAME IS...: The park was originally named Thomas J. White Stadium before being called Tradition Field in 2004, according to Wikipedia. It was branded Digital Domain Park in March 2010.




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