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New ball field is pretty dreamy, indeed
By Eva Ruth Moravec
San Antonio Express-News
July 10, 2013 : Updated: July 10, 2013 10:50pm
At first glance, the Missions Baseball Academy on the West Side is just four new baseball diamonds. But for game lovers like the San Antonio Men's Senior Baseball League, it's a “field of dreams.”
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff threw the first pitch Wednesday to officially open the $4 million complex off Texas 151 near Callaghan Road. The project is one of 13 amateur sports complexes funded by $80 million in short-term motor vehicle taxes, an expenditure approved by voters in 2008.
“You're welcome to go in and roll in the grass if you want to — it's gorgeous,” said Skip Bradley, league president and park director. “And I get to play out there myself!”
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