Robbie Mills Field is a

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venue located in

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, United States. It was home to the

Winnipesaukee Muskrats The Winnipesaukee Muskrats were a collegiate summer baseball team in Laconia, New Hampshire, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), a wood bat league operating in the northeastern United States. The team's home field was R ...

of the collegiate summer

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(NECBL). The Muskrats began play there in the 2010 season. The field was built in 2005 and is named after Robbie Mills, a Laconia boy who was killed and robbed of his

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in 1998.Laconia gets NECBL team
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of 1,200 spectators,2010 Laconia Muskrats, p. 28
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s beyond both the first-base and third-base dugouts. There is also a small bleacher section beyond centerfield, and fans can set up their own

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s beyond the outfield and behind the backstop.

Renovation

In 2009, after the arrival of the Muskrats was announced, the field underwent extensive renovations to comply with NECBL standards. The

outfield The outfield, in cricket, baseball and softball is the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. In association football, the outfield players are positioned outside the goal area. In bat and ball games ...

fences were pushed back to 340 feet down the lines and 370 feet in the

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. Additionally, a

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was constructed atop the existing

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Eye on the ball (field)
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s and

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were expanded. In 2012, the Laconia Muskrats added an 18' x 88' green outfield wall that is a smaller replica of

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. The wall, a popular feature of the park, is called the Muskrat Monster.

Photo gallery

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and the food counter. File:Robbie Mills Field 1B Grandstand.JPG File:Robbie Mills Field Building.JPG File:Robbie Mills Field Wall.JPG File:Robbie Mills Field Sign.JPG

References

External links

NECBL website
{{NECBL Ballparks Baseball venues in New Hampshire New England Collegiate Baseball League ballparks Buildings and structures in Laconia, New Hampshire Tourist attractions in Belknap County, New Hampshire 2005 establishments in New Hampshire Sports venues completed in 2005