Teddy Ebersol Field
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Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields at Lederman Park is a series of fields along the Charles River in the city of Boston. The Boston Red Sox foundation and the Esplanade Association in conjunction with the Hill House, a NPO, helped fund the 1.8 million-dollar renewal project.[1] The field reopened on September 5, 2006, to the Hill House youth soccer program.
The land includes two baseball/softball diamonds, a youth baseball diamond, a t-ball diamond, up to five youth soccer fields, and a regulation-sized soccer field in a design that accommodates a variety of other athletic and community uses. Before the renovations, the fields were uneven and often flooded.
The fields are named after a young Red Sox fan, Teddy Ebersol, who died in a plane crash on November 28, 2004, in Colorado. Teddy was the son of NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol and Kate & Allie actress Susan Saint James.
[edit] References
- ^ "Fields upgraded to honor Ebersol’s son", The Associated Press via msnbc.com, 2005-06-04. Retrieved on 2005-05-26.
[edit] External links
Ebersol Field at redsoxfoundation.org.