College senior’s hunt for ‘weird’ HS baseball fields took on new dimensions

The errata between baseball diamonds fascinates me. My dad used to tell stories of Clark Field[1] at University of Texas that had a cliff and a goat path in the outfield. That gave the Longhorns a massive home field advantage, and it amazes me that other teams were willing to play road games there.

I can’t imagine a football team above Pop Warner playing games on a field that has a pronounced slope or end zones that aren’t a full 10 yards deep, but baseball seems to embrace the differences in diamonds.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Field_(1928)

These passion projects are so awesome to read about. Kudos to him to not only allow himself to scratch the itch, but use it as a platform to expand his technical know-how, advance his academic career, and bring some joy to folks around the world.

Like, at first glance, upon hearing about this, who doesn't want someone like that on their team?

Cricket beats that, I think. https://sport360.com/article/cricket/england/286617/three-cr... mentions 3 venues that have a tree inside the playing area, at least two of which have hosted international matches.

The now fallen tree aim Canterbury is on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lawrence_Lime

An episode of Effectively Wild did an interview with the author: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2004-ho... (54:51).