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IT SAYS A LOT WHEN A BASEBALL
FIELD IS IN TOO BAD OF SHAPE TO
PLAY.
THE INJURY THAT CLOSED THIS
ONE... AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO
REOPEN.
GOOD EVENING... I'M LAUREN
EVANS.
I'M JASON COLTHORP. WE'RE ALSO
GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN
MICHIGAN'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN
WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE.
IM METEOROLOGIST ANDY PROVENZANO
GREAT NEWS IN THE WEATHER....
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS
HAPPENING FOR AWHILE
AND I'M TIM STAUDT, COMING UP
TONIGHT IN SPORTS
TOP COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES
ARE GETTING A LOOK THIS
WEEK AT MID MICHIGAN'S TOP HIGH
SCHOOL PLAYER. NEWS TEN AT 11
STARTS NOW.
A LOCAL BASEBALL FIELD IS CLOSED
FOR REPAIRS AFTER SEVERAL TEAMS
IN
A LOCAL BASEBALL FIELD IS CLOSED
FOR REPAIRS AFTER SEVERAL TEAMS
IN LANSING'S CITY LEAGUES
REFUSED TO PLAY ON IT.
THE FIELD SITS IN LANSING'S WEST
SIDE PARK NEAR THE
SAGINAW-OAKLAND SPLIT. PLAYERS
AND COACHES DECIDED IT WAS TOO
DANGEROUS TO PLAY ON AFTER A
RECENT INJURY.
NEWS TEN'S ANTHONY SABELLA TELLS
US WHY THE CITY WASN'T KEEPING
IT UP... AND WHAT'S BEING DONE
TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
: HIT IN BASEBALL,, THE STATE
OF THE FIELD CAN MAKE A ROUTINE
PLAY -- NOT SO ROUTINE.
TWO WEEKS AGO,, NICK KISSANE
LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY.
"I WAS GOING FOR A GROUND BALL,
JUST A REGULAR GROUND BALL AND
IT TOOK A BAD HOP JUST AS IT HIT
THE DIRT. MY TWO
MIDDLE TEETH GOT KNOCKED OUT."
KISSANE, WHO PLAYS IN A LANSING
CITY LEAGUE BETWEEN SEASONS AT
AQUINAS COLLEGE, WAS SENT
STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL.
FOR LEAGUE COACHES AND PLAYERS,
INCLUDING DAVE JOSEPH, THE
OPPOSING
INCLUDING DAVE JOSEPH, THE
OPPOSING COACH THAT NIGHT, IT
WAS THE LAST STRAW
FOR THE FIELD AT WEST SIDE PARK.
"THE FIELD ITSELF WAS DANGEROUS,
SO I SAID RIGHT THEN AND THERE,
I SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY
OUT HERE
ANYMORE." AFTER COMPLAING TO
THE CITY, THE FIELD WAS CLOSED
FOR MAINTENANCE SHORTLY
AFTER, WITH GAMES MOVED ACROSS
TOWN TO KIRCHER MUNICIPAL PARK
AND OTHER
LOCAL FIELDS.
"IT'S TOUGH TO SEE FROM HERE,
BUT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS
PEOPLE HAVE WITH WEST SIDE ARE
THINGS LIKE THE
GRASS BEING TOO LONG AND PARTS
OF THE FIELD JUST NOT BEING
LEVEL. ISSUES LANSING PARKS AND
REC IS PLANNING
TO FIX."
"WHEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A
RENOVATION, SUCH AS A LIP OR A
LOW SPOT OR A SITUATION ON THE
FIELDS, WE TAKE THE TIME
OUT BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE THE
SAFEST SURFACE POSSIBLE FOR
EVERYONE."
BUT WITH THE FIELD DOUBLING AS
THE HOME DIAMOND FOR LANSING
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, MANY IN THE LEAGUE ARE
WONDERING WHY THESE ISSUES
WEREN'T
TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE NOW? BRETT
KASCHINSKE SAYS SINCE THE CITY
TOOK CONTROL OF MAINTENANCE,
AFTER
THE L-C-C SEASON, CONSTANT USE
AND BAD WEATHER HAVE MADE IT
DIFFICULT TO
MAKE LONG-TERM FIXES. "THERE'S
VERY LITTLE WINDOWS THAT YOU CAN
HAVE. WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES AND WHEN THE
WEATHER IS COOPERATING, YOU MAKE
THOSE CHANGES."
IN LANSING, AS, NEWS TEN.
THE CITY HOPES TO REOPEN THE
FIELD BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
KASCHINSKE TELLS US LANSING
WANTS TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH
L-C-C
TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO