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Save Blackwater Field of Dreams

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Amanda Stubaus
5 years ago

Keep the ball field Don’t let one grumpy mean man ruin so much joy for these children !!!

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Nick Diezel
5 years ago

this is where my travel baseball career started. It needs to stay. Kids deserve to have a nice field to play on

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Keri Jones
5 years ago

Keep it open for these kids having fun

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Jason Wise
5 years ago

Played & practiced there many times. Great positive place for our kids!!!

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Rodney Harris
5 years ago

Let the Kids play

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Megan Bourgeois
5 years ago

I’m in disbelief someone is trying to steal the joys and dreams of boys and baseball. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and the city will do what’s right and best for the many children that have had the privilege to play on your fields!

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Bradley Young
5 years ago

We’ve played at this field several times and met Derrick and family at a tryout. Not only do the kids have fun but are very respectful to their coaches, opponents and the game. The field gives these kids a chance to do something they love which has been stripped away from so many by this pandemic. Good luck Knights!

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Leslie Grime
5 years ago

Let them play! I live right next to ballfields and hearing the laughter and crack of a bat is the best!

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Tim Morris
5 years ago

These fields are a very important part of the baseball fabric in Hampton Roads. Let the kids play.

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Laura Carlson
5 years ago

Keep youth sports alive!

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Ben girdler
5 years ago

Keep on playing!

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Curtis Hayes
5 years ago

These are good decent people who are trying to make a positive influence on young lives. Their neighbor lives about 300 yards away from the field. If he hears noise it is a bare minimum. I would welcome that kind of distraction from my neighbor. Get a life....

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Carey Burkett
5 years ago

I played ball there as a kid.

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Wade Adkins
5 years ago

My son has played on this field several times from age 11 to 14. We never had a bad experience here. Great place and great people. We were always so impressed that someone would donate their property and time to the development of young boys. My son is now almost 16 and plays on a college showcase team and was the starting 3B for his high school JV team before COVID shut things down. These boys that play on this field now, really NEED this field to help them develop their skills. I pray that the city will keep this field open.

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Deana McClung
5 years ago

I hope this lot is saved but I hope someone is takes time to understand the other sides perspective.. Is there an underlying problem?

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Karen Ryan
5 years ago

My son and his team have played at this field multiple times. This is a great setting for the children to learn and grow.

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Derek Ehlers
5 years ago

Save the field. Nothing can compare what young men and young women learn on a baseball field.

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Donna Bennett
5 years ago

In a world of negativity, we should embrace the positive! There is nothing more joyful than the sound of baseball.

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Robert Zaruba
5 years ago

This is a must save!!

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Trisha Hagan
5 years ago

Baseball is a the great American pastime, a bond between generations, that features a one-on-one faceoff of individual skills tucked inside a team sport. It has had a very active role in the shaping of this nation. It teaches us to be humble, respect others, and never stop improving. It is a sport rooted in the American spirit, and characterized by its ever-present place in the hearts of all Americans.