The stadium itself well, it looks more like an oval that a ball park. Their is a ton of foul territory by the dugouts and behind home plate. The stands are only behind the plate and are more of a feel of a soccer/football game then a baseball game. As they do not curve with the diamond. The pressbox is above the stands, just like a high school football field. The outfield fence looks like an average picket fence, doesnt appear to be any padding. The scoreboard is a basic line score, scoreboard. They have a cart as a concession stand on the third base side of the stands.
This is all of the stands at Ralph McKenzie Stadium in DeKalb, IL
Here is a view of the scoreboard out in left field
This is the view from behind the plate.
The game it self wasn't much fun to see, as the Huskies were not very good, they would lose 22-3. I left in the middle of the fifth inning and it was 18-1 for the Red Birds. The Huskies have no pitching as their starter was a reliever over the weekend and didn't fair to well. Today he gave up ten runs.
It was extremely windy today with the wind blowing out of the north, thankfully the stands face the south. i still needed a heavy winter coat though. It is the first ball park that i've seen that faces south. It was only 314 to the left field wall, and more than a few balls left over it for the Red Birds.
The ballpark is just northwest of the football stadium, and east of the basketball stadium. It is directly south of some student housing. There were only about 100 fans there.
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