WHO:
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Minnesota Twins front office staff, including Kristin Rortvedt (Sr. Director, Community Engagement / Executive Director, Twins Community Fund) and Larry DiVito (Head Groundskeeper)
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Staff and leadership from The Toro Company, including Kurt Svendsen (Vice President, Technology) and Marnie Wells (President, The Toro Company Foundation)
WHAT: Volunteers from the Minnesota Twins’ front office, including the club’s major league grounds crew, will join The Toro Company to rebuild and upgrade the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s Bob Casey Field into a multiuse field eligible for both youth baseball and fastpitch softball. Work will include infield grass removal, regrading and preparing for an all-dirt infield.
WHEN: TODAY – Monday, September 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Bob Casey Field at Stewart Park; 26 W. 25th Street; Minneapolis 55404
WHY: Celebrating their 15th anniversary of partnering to provide safe, welcoming and top-level fields for communities to play youth baseball and softball, the Minnesota Twins and The Toro Company are coming together to bring new life – and new opportunities – to Bob Casey Field at the Minneapolis Park Board’s Stewart Park in Minneapolis’ Midtown neighborhood.
Responding to a well-documented need for more and higher-quality fields for youth fastpitch softball, this year’s effort will not only significantly upgrade a deteriorating field but will rebuild it in a manner that converts a baseball-only diamond into one that can host both sports.
Guided by the Twins’ Target Field grounds crew, volunteers will remove the downtrodden infield grass and regrade the field in preparation an all-dirt infield to meet the baseball and softball requirement.
Located at 26 W 25th Street in Minneapolis, Bob Casey Field was named after the legendary Twins Hall of Famer who served as the club’s public address announcer from the team’s first game in Minnesota in 1961 until his death in 2005. The Twins helped build the field following Casey’s passing in 2005; 20 years later, it is time to again refurbish the diamond for the next generation of aspiring young ballplayers.
Funding for the refurbishment is provided by the Minnesota Twins Community Fund and The Toro Company Foundation.
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