Babe Ruth wants a concession stand, with bathrooms
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
The baseball field at Tawasentha Park needs a concession stand, according to Keith Barnett, parent of a Babe Ruth player and the organizer of an upcoming fundraising event. At back right is one of two dugouts the organization built a few years ago. At back left is a garage and, in front of it, the slab of the old concession stand, which had become unusable and was demolished.
GUILDERLAND — Guilderland Babe Ruth baseball is planning a fundraiser to help pay for a new concession stand with bathrooms for the baseball field at the town-owned Tawasentha Park.
The fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 19, will be at Stone Fox Grill at the town’s golf course, Western Turnpike, at 2350 Western Ave.
The bar opens at 6 p.m., and doors to the buffet dinner and comedy show open at 7 p.m.
The event features two comedians, Missy Allen and Peter Sasso, as well as raffles and prizes.
Tickets are $50 each. For more information, visit guilderlandbaseball.com and click on “Babe Ruth” or visit Guilderland Babe Ruth Baseball on Facebook.
Colin Gallup, director of parks and recreation for the town, said that the field at Tawasentha Park gets limited use now, as Babe Ruth is played mostly at Keenholts Park, also owned by the town, on Frenchs Mill Road.
Of Tawasentha, he said, “It’s used for a lot of practice and some limited games.”
The club hopes, he said, to rebuild the concession stand and bathrooms at the park.
“We can’t afford just to pop buildings up. So they fundraise,” Gallup said of athletic organizations, “and we help out where we can.”
The town did not do the demolition of the concession stand, Gallup said, but hauled the materials away following the demolition.
There are open bathrooms in the park, down a hill and across a playground from the baseball field.
