Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field is a

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venue located on the campus of the

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, in

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. It is the home of the Army Black Knights baseball team.

History

Doubleday Field was named for Civil War Union Major General Abner Doubleday, a member of the West Point Class of 1842.Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field
Army West Point official website. Retrieved 2010-05-28. The field was dedicated in May 1939, which was celebrated by the

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and

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as the centennial year of baseball. The field hosted the 2012 Patriot League baseball tournament Championship Series, in which Army defeated Holy Cross two games to one.

1996 renovation

After an extensive renovation, the new Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field was formally dedicated on September 13, 1996. The project included new locker rooms, training rooms,

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facilities, and 880 fixed chair-back

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Cadets

Along the visitors bullpen there is usually a group of present and former cadets from the

, who are known to give opposing teams (and umpires) a hard time.

Sights

Johnson Stadium is placed in the heart of West Point. Behind right field you can see the library and other buildings, and behind left field is Cullum Memorial Hall which sits directly across the road from Doubleday Field, where the New York Yankees occasionally played exhibition games in the 1920s. In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the facility as the third best setting in Division I baseball.

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