During the nearly two decades of working closely with Lawrence Nesselrodt and WVU-T baseball, we have played a “home ” game in more than a few places. Heck, we even packed up and moved the campus itself from Montgomery to its current location in Beckley.

The scoreboard shown above is from the original ballpark in East Bank, West Virginia. While the diamond was located at a middle school, it came with an artificial turf infield !

Inside the city of Beckley, we play the bulk of our games at the beautiful Linda K Epling Stadium but have also used the facilities at Wilson High School along the way.

Another next level park is Go – Mart up in Charleston, just blocks away from the Golden Dome of the State Capital building. The Charleston Charlies of the International League back in the day and the modern-day Charleston Dirty Birds are the main tenants.

If you are a fan of the Appalachian League, we have hosted numerous games in both Princeton and Bluefield over the years. Both of those parks have a great deal of history in them, and it was an honor to hold a microphone in them.

We even went down to Kingsport to squeeze in a three game set one spring, bringing the App total to three.

Shawnee Sports Complex up in Dunbar, WV, and the impressive diggs over at Marshall University with the second one hosting the only triple header in my 50+ years.

Salem International University is part of a solid trivia question because it hosted a game for us, and the very next day, the same two teams packed up and moved three hours down the road for the balance of the home series.

The level of commitment to the line, the show must go on, is very serious to Ness and protecting the integrity of the game sometimes requires you to switch up the venue. Especially when you’re playing baseball in the mountains of West Virginia starting in the middle of February.

Dodgertown in Florida is another preferred location where we have hosted a ballgame or two.

Just like the mailman, who works in the rain, sleet, snow, Golden Bears baseball will go the extra mile or two or …..

Editing Note 📝 :

John / Emma – this is the final piece from my end