Parks & Baseball Fields
Parks & Baseball Fields
Since parks and baseball fields are most of the time one in the same, this category includes both.
Cashman Park - Merrimac St next to Towel Silversmiths.
Atkinson Common - Located on High St.
Pioneer League Fields - Field /Includes Hawkes Field, A & B League fields located at 453 Merrimac St. Locate It
Original Field was located at the end of Fulton St at Fulton St Pit. Locate It
Every year after the championship there was the awards. One year on 8-27-1977 Red Sox player Denny Doyle was the guest at the pioneer League Banquet at the Armory on Low St.
Umpires
Tom Mc Kinney or Mc Kenney- he was a well known umpire in the late 70’s for the Pioneer League.
John Pepe
Parker Field -
Perkins Playground -
Marches Hill -
March’s Hill… It was on the circuit, of the playgrounds the kids(myself included) use to go to in the 70’s
Regarding the original Pioneer Leage Field. Although it’s a bit before my time, I believe the original field was at Fultons Pit, located behind the fire station. I think the first couple of seasons were played there before the move to Merrimac St.
P.S. I was there for the Denny Doyle vist at the Armory. That was quite a big deal.
Thanks Mike, I never knew that about the original field. As you stated that was way before our time.
Don’t forget about…
Parker Feild ( Between Ashland and Jefferson ) : Home of the Newburyport Little League, and High School softball. Condo’s are there now.
Perkins….of us “north-enders” didn’t venture down there very often
I was at that banquet with Denny Doyle…Music Center….B Leage Champs !