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TEAM ::: WINSTON - SALEM WARTHOGS
LOCATION :::
WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
MY FIRST VISIT ::: MAY 18, 2005
OPPONENT ::: SALEM AVALANCHE
LEVEL ::: CAROLINA LEAGUE
'A'
RATINGS
BALLFIELD ::: A
SCOREBOARD ::: B
FOOD :::
B
FACILITIES ::: C+
MASCOT ::: A
 
MY TAKE ON THE PARK
I HAD TO MAKE ONE FINAL TRIP TO ERNIE SHORE FIELD JUST TO SEE
IT. A SIMPLE ENTRANCEWAY THAT FOR SOME REASON I JUST REALLY ENJOY LOOKING AT.
THE ARCHED BRICK ENTRANCEWAY WELCOMED YOU TO THE FINE OLD
PARK WHOSE TIME MAY HAVE COME. BUT I WILL SAY, THE NEW PLACE COULD NOT HAVE THE SAME FEEL THE ENTRANCE ERNIE SHORE FIELD HAD.
BEXT TO THE ENTRANCEWAY WAS A SMALL LOT WHICH, ON ANY OTHER NIGHT
OTHER THAN FIREWORKS, COULD HANDLE THE CROWD THAT ATTENDED THE GAME.
ONCE INSIDE, YOU ENTER ON THE CONCOURSE LEVEL AND WALK
DOWN INTO THE SEATING BOWL. THE AREA NEAR THE ENTRANCE CAN GET CONGESTED BEFORE THE GAME SO I WOULD SAY TRY TO KEEP WALKING
AND HIT THE SOUVENIR STAND AFTER THE GAME.
DOWN THE 3RD BASE SIDE IS A CONCESSION STAND THAT IS SET OFF THE CONCOURSE
GIVING MORE ROOM FOR LINES AND TRAFFIC. ON THE FIRST BASE SIDE THERE ISN'T AS MUCH ROOM BUT THEY DO HAVE A MERRY-GO-ROUND
AND CONCESSIONS.
THE SEATING AREA IS PRETTY STANDARD HERE, THE PLACE HAS
A "CAROLINA LEAGUE" FEEL TO IT. WHEN I THINK OF THE CAROLINA LEAGUE ERNIE SHORE FIELD IS WHAT I THINK OF. A STADIUM WITH BENCHES
FROM THE DUGOUTS OUT, A SMALL SECTION OF RESERVED SEATS BEHIND HOME PLATE, AND 4 ROWS OF FIELD BOX SEATS. THE SEATS BEHIND
HOME PLATE ARE UNDER COVER WHICH REALLY HELPS WITH THE STRONG CAROLINA SUN. OF COURSE, NOTHING WOULD WORK BETWEEN THE DUGOUTS
BUT A BRICK WALL WHICH CURVES BEHIND HOME PLATE.
THE GAME HERE WAS TREATED A LITTLE BETTER THAN MOST MINOR LEAGUE
PARKS, THERE ARE PROMOTIONS BUT THE WARTHOGS DIDN'T GO INTO THE OVERKILL MODE WITH THEM.
THE PA ANNOUNCER WAS BEST DESCRIBED AS RIGHT OUT OF THE
MOVIE " BULL DURHAM". HIS STYLE AND HEAVY ACCENT JUST ADDED TO THE CHARM OF THE PLACE.
A TRIP TO HISTORIC ERNIE SHORE
FIELD WAS AN ENJOYABLE ONE. THE FOOD WAS GOOD, THE GAME WAS THE FOCAL POINT, AND WALLY THE WARTHOG COULD JUST BE THE BEST
NAME FOR A MASCOT ... A MASCOT FOR A TEAM WITH THE BEST NAME
... "THE WARTHOGS."
THE
LINE UPS
SALEM AVALANCHE MANAGER :::
11 Ivan DeJesus
WINSTON - SALEM WARTHOGS
MANAGER :::
51 Cris Cron
SALEM AVALANCHE
4 Drew Sutton 2b
17 Wade Robinson ss
14 Saul Torres 3b
16 Mike Floyd rf
8 Scott Robinson 1b
30 Ervin Alcantara cf
5 Kevin Davidson dh
27 Adam Seuss lf
29 Renaldo Ruiz c
13 Chance
Douglass p
WINSTON - SALEM WARTHOGS
13 Mike
Myers ss
41 Noah Hall lf
24 Travis Hinton dh
52 Leo Daigle 1b
23 Ricardo Nanita
cf
44 Thomas Collaro rf
27 Micah Schnurstein 3b
25 Cipriano Garcia c
7 Josh
Shaffer 2b
39 Ryan Rodriguez p / WP
AVALANCHE 000 012 003
6 13 0
WARTHOGS 430 004 00x 11 15 2
TIME ::: 2:41
ATTENDANCE
::: 1,464
WEATHER ::: 78 SUNNY / HUMID
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