Play Ball!

By: Mr. Wilson on May 15, 2009
Summertime is almost here, and that means there's a very good chance you will soon find yourself on one of Lincoln's many baseball and softball fields. Can you identify these ten ball fields?
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Hint: Up is north!

Comments

See what your friends and neighbors have to say about this.

Gene
May 15, 2009 at 1:40PM

The alien crop circles are getting pretty elaborate these days.

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 2:33PM

2. Standing Bear
4. Mahoney
5. Sherman

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 2:33PM

8. The new fields down by Cooper YMCA?

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 2:35PM

2. Correct!
4. Correct!
5. Bzzzz! You overlooked a key detail.

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 2:36PM

8. Half credit. Who knows the name of these fields?

West A Dad
May 15, 2009 at 2:48PM

1. Snell
5. Jim Ager
6. Doris Bair
8. Densmore
9. Pine Lake
10. Peterson

3 and 7 I know but I can’t remember.

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 2:58PM

5.Actually called Elks Field?
3. Is that the field at the South End of Woods Park

West A Dad
May 15, 2009 at 3:01PM

I think you’re right. #3 is Woods.

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 3:09PM

Where is Doris Bair?  I don’t recognize the name.

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 3:12PM

1. Correct!
5. You’re in the neighborhood.
6. Correct!
8. Correct!
9. Correct!
10. Correct!

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 3:14PM

5. Correct!
3. Half credit. What is it called?

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 3:15PM

Doris Bair is a softball complex located just north of 48th and Superior. It’s not a location you’re likely to stumble across on accident.

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 3:53PM

Didn’t there used to be a strip club on that stretch of North 48th?

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 6:17PM

We’re almost there, folks. We just need #7 and a correct name for #3. The latter is pretty easy; the former, not so much.

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 6:36PM

But,  a young man who works for me says that 7 is Southeast High.  Still don’t know the name of the field at Woods Park.

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 6:46PM

The young man is very wise! #7 is indeed a photo of the fields at Lincoln Southeast High School.

West A Dad
May 15, 2009 at 8:17PM

Nebraska Wesleyan Field? Although I thought it was a Kiwanis field.

Mr. Wilson
May 15, 2009 at 8:27PM

As far as I can tell, it is called Nebraska Wesleyan Field at the Kiwanis Baseball Complex. That’s from here. I have always known it as Kiwanis Field for all non-NWU baseball purposes.

...And that means all 10 fields/complexes have been identified. Good work, everyone!

Moses
May 15, 2009 at 8:32PM

I appreciated seeing something I recognized.  I always look at Mr. T’s photos and have absolutely no idea….

Nikkidemas
May 17, 2009 at 4:02AM

Regretfully, I didn’t spot this entry until today.  Very cool idea for a puzzle!

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