Fiscalini Field is a

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, US. Over the years, the stadium was the spring training homes of the

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and St. Louis Browns (now the

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) and was the home field for the San Bernardino Stars, the San Bernardino Spirit, 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 San Bernardino Valley College 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 San Bernardino High School, won All-American Laurel twice while playing at the

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and played professionally in the minor leagues for the

of the

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. He did not make it to the majors and retired in

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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 San Manuel Stadium (then known as The Ranch) opening in 1996. The CSUSB 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

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