Paul Walsh Field is a multi-purpose sports facility located in

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, United States. The field is part of the athletic facilities of nearby

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. Its primary use is for

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. Specifically, it served as the former home of the

New Bedford Bay Sox The New Bedford Bay Sox were a baseball team that played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the New England region of the United States. The team was located in New Bedford, Massachuse ...

of the

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, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Bay Sox hold a non-exclusive contract for usage of the field, allowing for interscholastic sporting events to continue to be played at the facility.

Arsenic issue

In the summer of 2008 arsenic was discovered on both of the facility's baseball diamonds. While the arsenic was found in moderate amounts, officials did not believe it posed immediate danger to the public. It is believed the arsenic levels stem back to the location's industrial usage during the 1960s. Remediation of the field, involving the replacing of arsenic-poisoned grass and soil, began in November 2008."Cleanup of Walsh Field begins" at SouthCoastToday.co

URL accessed December 31, 2008

Bay Sox attendance

The following is a list of New Bedford Bay Sox attendance figures since the team began playing at Paul Walsh Field in 2009.

External links

Bay Sox website

NECBL website

Notes

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