re: Weirdest HS baseball fields in Louisiana

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just an electric line over head that was explained to me foul was on one side, fair the other,

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i wonder how that worked...

maybe me and Ken Trahan might have a bit of "5A myopia" or maybe I just really need to drive around

i'm guessing though people don't hear about some of these places because important games don't get played there

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Broadmoor backed up to someone's back yard

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Still does, and trees overhanging centerfield, probably 10 feet into the playing field.

Tara's field has HUGE holes beneath the left field fence. If the ball gets there, there's no "if it gets under"....It's getting under.

Years ago, either Berwick or Morgan City had light poles in right field, two of them and no right field fence. The ball was in play until it rolled to the school building which was probably 450+ feet, but the poles were at about 285, so they came into play.

Baker's field, at least until about 2 years ago, had no fence along the right side, just an imaginary line from the end of the dugout to the outfield fence.

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Broadmoor backed up to someone's back yard.

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Short to left too. I used to hate when it was my turn to try and patch up the holes in that chicken wire fence.

Pretty sure 1 or 2 of my HRs my senior year actually went through a hole in that fence.

Also, I vaguely remember St. Paul CF either didn't have a fence or it was really far but was an old backstop from a practice field?

Let me preface my reply by saying that I played Class A ball in the hills of North Louisiana.

First field, not HS, but Pony League, poles for the lights were several feet inside the feet. Going back for a fly ball was an adventure.

HS field, no fences, standing at home plate looking towards left, it was uphill. They had old wooden dugouts and one cold February day while we were playing there, their team managed to set their dugout on fire. They had built a fire in there to stay warm, but oops.

Another one was put in the corner of their football field. Right field was only about 180 feet, one of our guys hit 3 homers there that would have been fly outs anywhere else.

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Yep, dead center at St Paul is like 440 feet away and consists of an old backstop that faces toward the playing field.

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haha yep, that is what I thought because we had a playoff game at St. Paul and a guy on our team hit a bomb that would have cleared any fence. Centerfielder ran for days and tracked it down.

Also it was rough being an outfielder in that game, damn students were some heckling fools. Hahah

Howell Park for the win.

Sometimes people would shoot guns at you, but most of the time they didn't

Belle Chasse is about 240 in right field with a 30 ft tall fence. The whole park is sorta weird with the stands being so close and packed together. 7 year olds cussing me out the entire game also made for an interesting experience

Played in a D league American Legion all-star game at Pete Goldsby. On that day it was the greatest baseball stadium I had ever been in.

Played a 1A playoff game at Ecole Classique in Nawlins. Center field fence towards right field was interrupted by the football field stands. Light pole from football field was in right-center field about 50' inside the fence. Also there was a cage around the plate and batter's boxes so very few foul balls.