Shirley Povich Field is a baseball stadium in Rockville, Maryland. It is the home field of the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League,[2] and the home field of the Georgetown Hoyas of the Big East Conference.[3] The stadium holds 800 spectators. It is named after Washington Post columnist Shirley Povich. The stadium was created by renovating an existing field at Cabin John Regional Park between December 1998 and June 1999.[4][5]

Shirley Povich Field

Location	Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates	39.031053°N 77.150490°W / 39.031053; -77.150490
Owner	Montgomery County Department of Parks[1]
Operator	Montgomery County Department of Parks
Capacity	800
Field size	Left Field: 330 ft Center Field: 375 ft Right Field: 330 ft
Surface	Bermuda grass
Construction
Broke ground	December 18, 1998
Opened	June 4, 1999
Tenants
Bethesda Big Train Georgetown Hoyas baseball

As part of an exhibition series to prepare for the Olympics in Japan, the Israel National Baseball Team played Bethesda Big Train in a Friendship Game at Povich Field on July 18, 2021. Team Israel came from behind in the final inning to beat the Big Train 8-7 before a standing room only crowd of 835.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball venues

References

External links

• Venue information