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Marysville coach asks council to support privately funded backstop replacement at Feld Field
Summary
A Marysville baseball coach asked the council for support to explore replacing Feld Field's aging backstop with a closer, netted system to improve sight lines and safety; councilors directed him to bring formal plans to the parks and recreation committee and expressed general support.
John Hafely, a private citizen who coaches varsity baseball, asked the Marysville City Council to allow him to pursue a privately funded replacement of the backstop at Feld Field, saying the current structure makes the ballpark “an absolutely horrible place to watch a game.”
Hafely told the council the existing backstop sits about 60 feet from home plate — a distance he said is typical of major-league layouts — and is more than 50 years old. He described rotting support posts and limited sight lines caused by chain-link fencing and a low wooden wall and said his preferred plan…
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