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| Ludlowe/Warde 2016 w/ HAN Network (Photo: Shawn Sailer) |
It was announced yesterday by multiple media outlets, including the Connecticut Post, that this would be the final year of baseball for the Bridgeport Bluefish and that the ballpark would be turned into an amphitheater for concerts.
Not only does that mean the Bluefish will either cease to exist or have to find a new home, but there are other groups who use the ballpark. Those include, Sacred Heart University baseball, University of Bridgeport baseball, as well as the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) baseball semifinals and championship. There have also been other games played at the ballpark on occasion, including regular-season high school games.
I have so many memories of going to the ballpark. From going to games with Cub Scouts and sleeping on the field, signing the national anthem in fifth grade, going to Bluefish camps, to being around the ballpark when family friend Kathy Geiling worked in the organization.
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| Singing the National Anthem in 2006 (Photo: CT Post) |
The memories extend to watching Ludlowe win the 2010 FCIAC Championship, being on the field and in the dugout for many Ludlowe/Warde annual rivalry games, to being in the dugout as the Ludlowe student manager for the 2013 FCIAC semifinals, to watching many more FCIAC games.
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| 2013 Ludlowe/Warde pre-game intros (Photo: Allen Sailer) |
There's more, I got to be in the ballpark in a professional environment helping out the HAN Network. In fact, the first gave I ever helped out The Network was Ludlowe/Warde in 2015. I ran a camera from the third base line. I then helped out for the 2015 and 2016 FCIAC semifinals and final and the 2016 Ludlowe/Warde game. It was a lot of fun working from the Karma Club for a lot of those games with a great group of friends.
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| 2015 FCIAC Semifinal w/ HAN (Photo: Josh Fisher) |
