Off-Line Baseball Fields Unofficially On-Line

Hayley Alaniz, Staff Reporter

hayley_alaniz@csumb.edu

Feb.14, 2008

With the baseball season beginning, and the new fields being used, the old baseball fields are left to sit.   However, unknown individuals are using these old fields without permission.  

According to Alvin Zitlau, assistant athletics director of Business Operations, “The old baseball field is off-line and athletics is not renting the field nor officially authorizing usage.  We are aware that some people are unofficially using the field and that is an issue the university will have to address …and from a safety standpoint they do not want anyone using the field.”  

The term off-line means that, “CSU Monterey Bay’s campus maintenance facilities department is no longer maintaining the old baseball fields.  Things like watering and cutting the grass and maintaining the fields are no longer done by the campus,” said Kirby Garry, Marketing & Sports Camp Coordinator.

With numerous schools in Monterey County, several have denied using the field, such as Seaside High School, one of the closest schools to CSUMB.  Geoff Coleman, Athletic Director of Seaside High School said, “we do not use the old field at CSUMB, however, it would be nice to see someone fix up the field as a sports facility for the peninsula.”  Whether it is local high schools or local leagues or affiliations, CSUMB Athletics Staff is unaware of who these individuals are.  

Local schools and Monterey County athletic departments have stated that they are not using the fields.  With schools in Monterey County denying their usage and CSUMB not informed of whom exactly is using the old baseball fields, the people who were seen playing there still remains a mystery.   While the old field remains off-line, the unknown individuals still remain at large.