Hank DeVincent Field is a baseball venue located on the campus of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The field is home to the La Salle Explorers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference.DeVincent Field at goexplorers.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. 10/24/09 The field holds a capacity of 1,000 spectators.Quick Facts at goexplorers.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09 On April 29, 1978 the field was named after former player and La Salle captain Hank DeVincent.
Renovations
Left field wall In fall 2007, the school heightened the field's left field wall to prevent home run balls from breaking the windows of buildings over the fence. The chain link was painted green in homage to the Green Monster at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. The Green Monster, which is also green, is the left field fence at Fenway. A new batting cage was constructed at the same time as the wall, and both improvements were part of a campus-wide construction project.More monstrous Field gets fence improved at lasalle.edu, URL accessed October 24, 2009. Archived 10/24/09
Dugouts In fall 2012, the field's dugouts were lengthened and upgraded.
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