The Grand Stand Field

It stands regally over the major league diamond on the first base foul line. It was first built in 1915 and then in 1935, it was replaced. Over the years it has always served as the diamond for the next level of organized baseball after little league. There were also semi-professional baseball teams playing there in the '30s and '40s. There were two teams at the time, the A’s and the B’s. One remembrance from then was when the A’s put a very well known player on their team. He wasn’t recognized until he hit a home run over the scoreboard. That man was Babe Ruth. The grandstand was revitalized recently in the 2000s by the Allendale Recreation Commission & the Holiday Observers and painted by the local Boy Scouts to give it its look as it is today.