A full-size baseball field measures 330 feet from home plate to the home run fence along the foul lines; and 400 feet from home plate to the center of the home run fence. The diamond itself is a 90-foot square. You also need room behind home plate and outside the lines for foul territory.
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An Ohio dad went “Field of Dreams” and built an absolutely gorgeous baseball field in his backyard for his son.
Jason Kidd, 36, was playing baseball with his now 5-year-old son, who asked whether they could have a baseball field in their backyard. Kidd told WKYC that he dismissed the idea at first, but after reconsidering, the request didn’t seem so unreasonable.
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“About two years ago my son and I were playing with his plastic T-ball set and he asked if we could build a baseball field in the backyard. I kind of blew him off.”
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Kidd then reconsidered.
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“I kind of started thinking about it. Then I started measuring to see if we have room, and now I have a baseball field.”
Kidd decided to get to work on building the field in the backyard of his Brookfield home. He removed some trees and a hill in his yard. Two years and about $30,000 later, he ended up with a beautiful field that includes infield clay, a raised pitching mound, painted foul lines, and more.
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Kidd, who is a Cleveland Indians fan, named the field the “Re-Jake,” which is a take on Jacobs Field, the previous name for the Indians’ home park. He views the field as a way he will be able to share the love of baseball with his son. And he didn’t even have to plow through any corn fields to build it!