Calfee Park
Looking through the old bleachers at the new bleachers, Aug-2000.
Just off the photo, the fence rises in the outfield to meet the 301-foot right field line.
Quick Facts:
- Location: US 11 and Pierce Street, Pulaski, Va.
- Opened: 1935 (renovated: 1999)
- Home team: Pulaski Counts, Virginia League (1942, 1946-50); Pulaski Phillies (1952-55, 1969-77), Cubs (1957-58), Braves (1982-92), Rangers (1997-2002), Blue Jays (2003-present), Appalachian League
- Capacity: 2,500
 Chronological Tour: Stop 181 |
Rating:
1 baseball
Calfee bills itself as the oldest park in the Appy League, open since 1935. However, you wouldn’t know it. The place received extensive renovations prior to the 1999 season, resulting in a new grandstand behind the plate and along the first-base side as well as what they call “open-air suites” (railed-in areas with picnic tables) further down the first-base line. A new scoreboard was also installed in 1999. The third-base seating still appears original – nothing more extensive than a cement bleacher.
The park is set down in a valley from Route 11, but foul balls hit by lefties often go far enough out of play to be hit up close to (and sometimes onto) the two-lane road. The view here is of blocks of houses that extend beyond right field, and of a physical plant (including the visitors’ clubhouse, which wasn’t renovated) in left. Dimensions are normal except for right field, which is short (301 feet) but capped off by a fence that has risen to 19 feet at the line.
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