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Foster Field at 1st Community Credit Union Stadium, Norris Diamond is a
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stadium at
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in
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,
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. The stadium is home to the Angelo State University Rams Baseball team. It was built in 2000 for the
San Angelo Colts The San Angelo Colts were a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts were most recently a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which was not affiliated with Major Leagu ...
and the
Angelo State University Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it too ...
Rams. The Colts played in United League Baseball and were then the primary tenants. The stadium is located on the campus of
Angelo State University Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it too ...
. The stadium can seat 4,200 fans. Foster Field, originally named Colts Stadium, cost $3 million to construct and was built b
Jim Anglea
the former head groundskeeper for the Ballpark at Arlington. It was named after Walton A. Foster, a radio and television pioneer who also served as the radio broadcaster for the original Colts franchise in the 1950s. The field features 4,200 permanent seats, a Triple A lighting system and a Spectrum inning-by-inning scoreboard with video display. In addition, the facility has a large press box area, major-league style dugouts and a complete training and locker room facility. The field also has artificial turf, state-of-the-art bullpens and batting cages for practice and warm-up. Concession and restroom areas as well as special clubhouse style seating areas for entertaining corporate sponsors are located on either side of the press box. The field dimensions are down the lines, to the gaps and to deep center field.


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