Fiscalini Field is a stadium in

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, USA. Over the years, the stadium was the spring training homes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns (now the

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) and was the home field for the San Bernardino Stars and the San Bernardino Pioneers. Today, Fiscalini Field is used for

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college baseball games hosted by

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. Community college baseball games featuring

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are also played there plus San Bernardino Youth Baseball Pony league the rest of the year.

History

The park was originally built in

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, and named Perris Hill Park after Fredrick Thomas Perris, a

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developer who helped shape early San Bernardino. In 1993, the baseball field was renamed Fiscalini Field after the late John Fiscalini, a San Bernardino native, who earned All- Citrus Belt League baseball honors at

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, won All-American Laurel twice while playing at the

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and played professionally in

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for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the

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Today

The field is primarily used for

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and was the home of San Bernardino Spirit prior to

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(then known as The Ranch) opening in 1996. The

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and San Bernardino Youth baseball baseball teams currently play there. Adult league games are played on the field from June to September. CSUSB starts on September In preparation for collegiate season. Games are played on Friday and all day Saturdays and Sundays. There are currently two different levels of Pony League play: Colt and palomino Pony divisions.

Gallery

File:Fiscalini Field (San Bernardino, California).jpg, Fiscalini Field grandstand File:Fiscalini Field (San Bernardino, CA).jpg, Fiscalini Field scoreboard

References

{{Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball venues in California Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes sports venues College baseball venues in the United States Minor league baseball venues Sports venues in San Bernardino, California St. Louis Browns spring training venues Pittsburgh Pirates spring training venues Sports venues completed in 1934 1934 establishments in California