In a setting reminiscent of the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” youngsters play baseball in front of a scenic corn field just beyond the outfield fence within the SOPRO (Southern
A train with a whistle blowing could be seen and heard in the distance as several visitors filled buckets with ears of corn as the game continued.
People are also reading… “What the actual field is on I purchased from him … so it’s family property,” Kirkland said. “We don’t usually plant corn … not much of it … and we said, ‘You know what would really look neat is to plant corn to give it that look.’ Late last fall I was sort of working and looked up one day and said, ‘Hey, the field is almost ready.’ There are still some things to tie it together, but this is the first summer we’ve been able to get out here and use it quite a bit.
Kirkland decided to offer a two-week youth baseball camp this summer and a separate two-week softball camp for youngsters ages 8-12 whether they were members of SOPRO or not. The second week of the baseball camp is going on this week and the softball camp begins next week. “I’m kind of using this as a trial to see,” Kirkland said. “One of the ideas I had was not something to compete with rec ball, or compete with travel ball at all, but have something that could be a supplement to those things.”
“I knew that I wanted to invest in building something,” Kirkland said of his initial plan for the property. “I thought it was a good long-term thing to do.
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