St. Patrick's Park is the largest
baseball
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park in the province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It is located in
St. John's, Newfoundland
St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland.
The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...
and was built by
American servicemen stationed in the province following the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
. It hosted baseball at the 1977
Canada Games
The Canada Games (french: Jeux du Canada) is a multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. They represent the highest level of national competition for Canadian athletes. Two ...
, and the
Baseball Canada
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding te ...
2014 Senior Men's Canada Championships.
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The park is currently run and used by
St. John's Amateur Baseball Association for their senior and intermediate baseball leagues. The senior league currently has 5 teams: Holy Cross Crusaders, Feildians, Shamrocks, Gonzaga Vikings and The Knights. The intermediate league consists of Holy Cross Crusaders, Feildians, Shamrocks, Gonzaga Vikings, Knights, Generals.
St. Pat's is also home to both the senior and junior St. John's Capitals, which is the selects team for the
St. John's Amateur Baseball Association.
References
Sports venues in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Baseball venues in Canada
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