Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field was a

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. It was the home field of the

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team from 1961 to 2017. The stadium held 1,000 people and was named after Commander John Joseph Shea, USN, a former football player (1916–1917) at

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, who died on September 15, 1942, when the aircraft carrier USS ''Wasp'' was torpedoed and sunk during the

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in World War II. In 1997, the diamond was named for Eddie Pellagrini, head coach of the Eagles for 31 years and the coach of the team when the field opened in 1961. Shea Field was also home to many tailgaters during home

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at the adjacent

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. The Boston College baseball team played its final game at Shea Field on May 20, 2017. The team moved to a new baseball stadium, on nearby Brighton Campus, in spring 2018. Boston College's new Athletics Field House, an indoor practice facility for football and other varsity and intramural sports, is currently being constructed on the site of the former Shea Field. It is expected to open in August 2018.

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