By Patrick Gordon, Managing Editor
pgordon@philadelphiabaseballreview.com
PBR - With plans for the construction of a new baseball facility on the
Maguire Campus, Saint Joseph's will play its entire 25-game 2010 home
schedule at Campbell's Field in Camden, N.J.
Saint Joseph's reached an agreement with the Camden Riversharks in July.
"We are excited about calling Campbell's Field our new home," said Saint
Joseph's head coach Fritz Hamburg. "Any time you play in a professional park
it's an exciting experience for the program. We had a wonderful experience
working with the Riversharks last season and look forward to expanding on
that relationship in the future."
"It will be a pleasure hosting Saint Joseph's home games," Riversharks general
manager Adam Lorber said. "Campbell's Field has all the amenities needed for
their fans and players, and we will do everything possible to make them feel
at home."
Campbell's Field is a 6,425-seat facility that serves as the home of both the Atlantic League's Riversharks and the Rutgers
University-Camden baseball team. The park also played host to the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship in 2008; the event
will return to Camden in 2010.
Since opening in 2001, Campbell's Field has become known as one of the premier minor league ballparks in the country.
Famous for its fantastic views of the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Philadelphia skyline, the stadium was honored as the
"Ballpark of the Year" in 2003 by Digitalballparks.com and in 2004 by Baseball America.
For the past 20 seasons, Saint Joseph's played its home games at Latshaw-McCarthy Field in Norristown, Pa. That stretch
marks the longest tenure for a home park in program history.
The Hawks open the home portion of their schedule March 2 against Delaware.
(The Philadelphia Baseball Review offers news, stories and features that pertain to the past, present and future of
baseball in the Philadelphia region. Patrick Gordon is an award winning baseball writer and has covered baseball
in Philadelphia for the last decade.)
February 7, 2010
Hawks have temporary home in N.J.
Saint Joseph's to call Campbell's Field home in 2010