No easy task getting Breen Field set for play at Eastern Regional Little League tournament

Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:34 PM EDT

By KEVIN ROBERTS

BRISTOL When players, coaches and fans arrive today for the Little League Baseball Eastern Regional, they will find a pristine baseball diamond infield with fresh grass at Breen Field.

What those who arrive may not realize is it was once a pristine softball field, complete with the full clay infield and pitching circle one would expect to find for softball.

The softball to baseball conversion takes place in less than a week. The work began last Friday at 8:15 p.m., not long after the Eastern Regional softball championship game concluded.

You have five and a half days to turn the field over and make sure its at the standard its supposed to be at, Eastern Region Assistant Director Patrick Holden said.

The transition went smoothly, according to Facilities Manager Dave Seeger.

Hummer Turfgrass Systems of Manheim, Penn., was subcontracted to do the sod work and it was funded by Little League International.

They have a very solid reputation, Holden said.

Hummer counts the Philadelphia Phillies, Penn State University and the Little League World Series fields of Lamade and Volunteer stadiums in Williamsport, Penn., among its clients. In the past, the sod had been done by the Eastern Region staff and local vendors, but the transition was made to Hummer.

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No easy task getting Breen Field set for play at Eastern Regional Little League tournament