Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field

Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field
Benedetti Diamond
Former names Max Ulrich Field (1953-1980)
Location Golden Gate Avenue and Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
Coordinates 37°46′36″N 122°26′53″W / 37.776684°N 122.448017°WCoordinates: 37°46′36″N 122°26′53″W / 37.776684°N 122.448017°W
Owner University of San Francisco
Operator University of San Francisco
Capacity 2,000
Field size 315 feet (Left field)
415 feet (Center field)
321 feet (Right field)
Surface Natural grass
Scoreboard Electronic
Opened 1953
Tenants
San Francisco Dons baseball (NCAA D1 WCC) (1953-present)

Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field is a baseball venue in San Francisco, California, United States. It is home to the San Francisco Dons baseball team of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference.[1] Built in 1953,[2] the facility has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.[3]

The venue was originally called simply Max Ulrich Field. After its 1953 construction, it was named after Max Ulrich, a San Francisco resident who donated in his will $358,000 to the university. The field took on its current name in 1980.[2] In that year, Dons baseball coach Dante Benedetti retired after 29 years in charge of the program.[4] The diamond was dedicated to him that same year.[2] Until Nino Giarratano surpassed him in 2012, Benedetti was the program's all-time winningest coach, with 373 wins.[5]

The playing field is surrounded by mesh netting, designed to protect spectators from foul balls.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Athletic Facilities". USF Dons. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Benedetti Diamond". March 21, 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  3. ↑ The Editors of Baseball America. "Baseball America 2007 Directory: Your Definitive Guide to the Game". Google Books. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Perkins, Andrea. "The Life and Times of Dante Benedetti: Baseball, Business, and a Babe Named Chubs". Coast News. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Sorenson, Eric (3 March 2012). "One of My Simple Pleasures in Life". College Baseball Today. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 4 March 2012. San Francisco’s Nino Giarratano picked up his 374th win in his Dons coaching career with today’s 6-5, 10-inning win over Cal State Northridge. With the win he surpasses the legendary Dante Benedetti for the most wins in program history.
  6. ↑ Sorenson, Eric (24 February 2012). "The Campaign to Stop Bay Area Bullying". College Baseball Today. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 26 February 2012. Benedetti Diamond, which is crunched into a corner of the campus and is surrounded by netting (think the Henry Doorley Zoo bird aviary).