Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field is a

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. It is home to the

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. Built in 1953, the facility has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. The venue was originally called simply Max Ulrich Field. After its 1953 construction, it was named after Max Ulrich, a San Francisco resident who donated in his will $358,000 to the university. The field took on its current name in 1980. In that year, Dons baseball coach

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retired after 29 years in charge of the program. The diamond was dedicated to him that same year. Until

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surpassed him in 2012, Benedetti was the program's all-time winningest coach, with 373 wins. The playing field is surrounded by mesh netting, designed to protect spectators from

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s. Benedetti Diamond was upgraded in 2016 and includes Greenplay organic infill for safety, performance and low temperatures.

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