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Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field

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Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field

Location	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Owner	Boston College
Capacity	1,000
Field size	Left Field - 330 ft Center Field - 400 ft Right Field - 320 ft
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1961
Closed	May 20, 2017
Demolished	June 2017
Tenants
Boston College Eagles baseball (1961-2017)

Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field was a baseball stadiuminChestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was the home field of the Boston College Eagles baseball team from 1961 to 2017. The stadium held 1,000 people and was named after Commander John Joseph Shea, USN, a former football player (1916–1917) at Boston College, who died on September 15, 1942, when the aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed and sunk during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II.^[1] In 1997, the diamond was named for Eddie Pellagrini, head coach of the Eagles for 31 years and the coach of the team when the field opened in 1961.^[2]

Shea Field was also home to many tailgaters during home football games at the adjacent Alumni Stadium.

The Boston College baseball team played its final game at Shea Field on May 20, 2017. The team moved to a new baseball stadium, on nearby Brighton Campus, in spring 2018. Boston College's new Athletics Field House, an indoor practice facility for football and other varsity and intramural sports, is currently being constructed on the site of the former Shea Field. It is expected to open in August 2018.^[3]

See also[edit]

• List of NCAA Division I baseball venues

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field

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