Word: wahconah
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...championship game was like nothing I had ever experienced in high school basketball. It seemed like the whole town of Belmont made the hour drive to Worcester to cheer us on. Amidst a sea of blue and maroon in the stands, we blew out the pretenders to our throne, Wahconah, and took home to Belmont what we had claimed to be ours years...
...rain arrived in a rush, sweeping out of the hills and across the wooden outfield fence at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, obscuring the sign that proudly proclaims the Berkshire Medical Center the OFFICIAL HOSPITAL OF THE PITTSFIELD METS. The grounds crew, so to speak, sprang into action. There was nothing big league about it. The soot-gray tarp, patched in several places, did not cooperate with the motley squad of Mets employees in baggy shorts who gamely attempted to pin it to the ground like frenzied wrestlers...
...Nothing wrong with that; baseball is a feast best served alfresco. And the minor leagues dish it up in refreshingly affordable portions. The last time a grandstand seat in the major leagues cost $3.75, Willie Mays was still patrolling center field at the Polo Grounds. At Pittsfield's Wahconah Park, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, a $5 bill buys not only a hot dog but also a seat less than 40 ft. from home plate...
...Payton has a .403 batting average as the Pittsfield Mets begin their pennant-stretch run. He's facing pitchers from the minors, sure -- but the lighting around the New York-Penn circuit is bush league too, giving the pitchers an edge. In addition, Payton and every other hitter at Wahconah has to deal with a delightful idiosyncrasy. In 1919 Wahconah was laid out with day baseball in mind. Home plate faces west -- precisely the wrong direction for Mets games that now begin at 7 p.m. As the sun slips toward the horizon, it slides into the line of sight between...
...badger players for autographs to their heart's content. The players, innocent as yet of the trappings of celebrity, happily respond. They may even know their admirers' first names, since players live with local families during the summer. (Can you imagine Dwight Gooden living with you?) Fans at Wahconah this season get an added bonus -- an opportunity to chat with the member of the Presley family who, in Pittsfield at least, is the second best known after Elvis. That would be the King's third cousin Kirk, 18, a right-handed pitcher whose sizzling fastball usually sends opposing batters skulking...
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