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Mike Lansing Field

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Mike Lansing Field
Address330 Kati Lane
Casper, Wyoming
Coordinates42°51′38″N 106°19′47″W / 42.860473°N 106.329712°W / 42.860473; -106.329712Coordinates: 42°51′38″N 106°19′47″W / 42.860473°N 106.329712°W / 42.860473; -106.329712
OwnerCity of Casper, Wyoming
OperatorCity of Casper, Wyoming
Capacity2,500
Field sizeLeft field: 355 feet (108 m)
Center field: 400 feet (120 m)
Right field: 345 feet (105 m)[1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened2002
Construction cost$1.77 Million
Tenants
Casper Ghosts (PL) 2001–2011
Casper Cutthroats (MCBL) 2012–2014
Casper Horseheads (ILB) 2018–2022
Casper Oilers (AmLeg) 2002–present

Mike Lansing Field is a stadium in Casper, Wyoming. It is primarily used for baseball. It was the home field of the Casper Ghosts minor league baseball team from 2002 to 2011, of the Casper Cutthroats summer-collegiate baseball team from 2012 to 2014,[2] and of the Casper Horseheads of Independence League Baseball from 2018 to 2022.[3] It is home to the Casper Oilers American Legion Baseball team. It was built in 2002 and holds 2,500 people. The field is named after Wyoming native and former Major League second baseman Mike Lansing. A career .271 hitter, Lansing played nine years in the majors for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox.

Lansing Field was one of the ten ballparks included in a 2010 USA Today article about "10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage", which noted the highly "intimate" character of the park due to its unusual combination of a small grandstand and surrounding "wide-open space" at its location on the banks of the North Platte River.[4] The ballpark's souvenir shop was known to visiting baseball fans for sales of the team's unusual glow-in-the-dark cap.[5]

Mike Lansing Field replaced a sports complex/park known locally as Crossroads. It is located just south of the Casper Events Center across Poplar Street from the Casper Planetarium.

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Casper, Wyoming

Casper, Wyoming

Casper is a city in, and the county seat of, Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Casper is the second-largest city in the state, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Only Cheyenne, the state capital, is larger. Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to the development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field.

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate.

Minor league

Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in various sports. They generally have lesser fan bases, much smaller revenues and salaries, and are used to develop players for bigger leagues.

Independence League Baseball

Independence League Baseball

Independence League Baseball is a collegiate summer baseball league in the United States with teams playing in Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The league played its inaugural season in 2022 with ten teams and has eight teams for 2023.

American Legion Baseball

American Legion Baseball

American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by 13-to-19-year-olds in fifty states in the U.S. and Canada. More than 3,500 teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota.

Mike Lansing

Mike Lansing

Michael Thomas Lansing is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and the Boston Red Sox between 1993 and 2001. During his playing days, he had the nickname “The Laser.”

Montreal Expos

Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in the National League (NL) East division from 1969 until 2004. Following the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals.

Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Field, which is located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver. It is owned by the Monfort brothers and managed by Bud Black.

Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, c. 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings," including the Boston Braves. The team has won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and has played in 13 World Series. Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in 2018. In addition, they won the 1904 American League pennant, but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series.

North Platte River

North Platte River

The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately 716 miles (1,152 km) long, counting its many curves. In a straight line, it travels about 550 miles (890 km), along its course through the U.S. states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

Sports complex

Sports complex

A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kind of Entertainment complex.

Park

Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. National parks and country parks are green spaces used for recreation in the countryside. State parks and provincial parks are administered by sub-national government states and agencies. Parks may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures. Many parks have fields for playing sports such as baseball and football, and paved areas for games such as basketball. Many parks have trails for walking, biking and other activities. Some parks are built adjacent to bodies of water or watercourses and may comprise a beach or boat dock area. Urban parks often have benches for sitting and may contain picnic tables and barbecue grills.

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References
  1. ^ Knight, Graham (August 4, 2009). "Mike Lansing Field - Casper Ghosts". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Reichard, Kevin (June 5, 2012). "Casper Cutthroats open season; will it be a short tenure?". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  3. ^ LaChance, Brendan (December 15, 2022). "Casper Horseheads ceases operations after four seasons at Mike Lansing". Oil City News. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage". USA Today. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Nelson, Matt (August 24, 2011). "Mike Lansing Field – Casper, Wyoming". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

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