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[quote=Anonymous]Thursday, DPR removed the Fort Reno batting cage at the direction of the Nation Park Service as they decided that a batting cage was not in the original 2006 plans for the field re-development and requested that DPR remove the cage.  Even though, DPR has a 30 year operating lease on the field space from NPS and has been failing to answer pleas from Wilson baseball for basic maintenance since March 1, they managed to get this done.

This cage was paid for by community members raising $8000 of money and has been there for many years.  It's a key safety feature.  Wilson has paid for the cage and it's upkeep - fixing it multiple times due to vandalism and allows all youth baseball programs to use the cage.   90% of the funds for the Wilson baseball program are raised by the team.  There has been no word from anyone in DPR or the mayor's office on this.

If you have ever paid attention - the amount of effort that the baseball team has to put into using this field is insane.  My son often complains about how much time they have to spend fixing the field over and over.  It's good for him but the lack of consideration that both NPS/DPR shows our kids.  The joys of DC.[/quote]

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