| Eastwood Field (originally known as Cafaro Field) fits right in with the some of the
other parks in the New York-Penn League, most resembling
Dutchess Stadium
, but on a slightly larger scale. Fortunately, most of the seating
here is individual folding chairs, with just one bleacher section down the
left field line. The concourse area is below the seating and out of
view from the field. It has a few concession stands and a souvenir
stand (but oddly no store). The seating is split into two sections
- an upper and lower level. Because of this, many of the seats are a bit
far from the field. Concessions are average in variety, quality, and
price. The park is set in the back of a mall parking lot, which makes
for a boring setting. Parking is $2 as is walk-ins. That's right
- to prevent people from parking in the mall parking lot, they actually charge
people to walk in - $2 per person. Its one of the most ludicrous yet
funny things I've seen at a ballpark. You can see the walk-in entrance
in the first photo above. The atmosphere at Eastwood Field was a bit
too much for me - there is a constant barrage of advertisements over the
PA system and the between inning games were numerous. The Scrappers
have a mascot named Scrappy, but he appeared to be pretty useless. Certainly
a good enough park for the New York-Penn League, but not one of my favorites.
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