Eldredge Park, Baseball venue in Orleans, Massachusetts, US
Eldredge Park is a baseball venue in Orleans featuring a natural grass surface and a terraced hillside that offers spectators various viewing angles. The facility provides different seating options, from bleachers behind home plate to grass areas for visitors with lawn chairs.
The venue opened in 1913 after Louis Winslow Eldredge donated the land, establishing it as one of the oldest continuously operating baseball fields in the United States. Over the decades it became home to the Cape Cod Baseball League and the Orleans Firebirds.
The park serves as the home field for the Orleans Firebirds and shapes community life during baseball season. Many visitors return year after year to watch games and become part of the local tradition.
The park is located near Route 28 and offers 6,000 seating spaces, including bleachers behind home plate and grass areas for visitors with lawn chairs. It is advisable to arrive early to secure a good spot, especially during important games in the season.
The field features a center field distance of 434 feet, the deepest outfield distance in the Cape Cod Baseball League. This makes it a distinctive venue where players face an unusually long throw to home plate from center.
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