Hank DeVincent Field is a

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venue located on the

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, United States. The field was home to the

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team of the

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Division I

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.DeVincent Field
t goexplorers.com, URL accessed October 24, 2009. 10/24/09 The field holds a capacity of 1,000 spectators.
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Renovations

Left field wall

In fall 2007, the school heightened the field's

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wall to prevent

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balls from breaking the windows of buildings over the fence. The chain link was painted green in homage to the

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in Boston, Massachusetts, home of

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. The Green Monster, which is also green, is the left field fence at Fenway. A new

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was constructed at the same time as the wall, and both improvements were part of a campus-wide construction project.More monstrous Field gets fence improved
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10/24/09

Dugouts

In fall 2012, the field's dugouts were lengthened and upgraded.

References

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