Koch Diamond is a

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venue in

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, United States It is home to the St. Thomas Tommies baseball team of the

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. The field opened in 2006 and is named for the former St. Thomas pitcher David Koch.

Features

The park is located along Cretin Avenue in the Union Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The field is used as both a football and soccer practice facility along the outfield, which causes the centerfield fence to be the deepest in all of

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, at 465 feet.

Naming

David Koch, for whom the venue is named, pitched for the St. Thomas baseball program in 1952.

References

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