Arnie Allen Diamond

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Arnie Allen Diamond
Arnie Allen Diamond
Full nameArnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field
Address790 Main Street
Location Falmouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°33′18.79″N70°36′14.70″W / 41.5552194°N 70.6040833°W / 41.5552194; -70.6040833 Coordinates: 41°33′18.79″N70°36′14.70″W / 41.5552194°N 70.6040833°W / 41.5552194; -70.6040833
Capacity 8,000
Field sizeLeft Field: 320 ft
Center Field: 385 ft
Right Field: 320 ft
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1938-1939
Tenants
Falmouth Commodores

Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field is a baseball venue in Falmouth, Massachusetts, home to the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).

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Located in downtown Falmouth, the town athletic field was constructed in the late 1930s with assistance from the Work Projects Administration. [1] [2] The facility was dedicated in 1952 in honor of Elmer E. "Guv" Fuller, longtime coach and athletic director at Falmouth's Lawrence High School. [3] [4] [5] Fuller, whose nickname referenced 1920s Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller, had quarterbacked Falmouth's high school football team in 1905 and 1906. He returned to his alma mater in 1926, and remained a central figure in the town's athletic programs until his retirement in 1952. [6] [7] [8]

Falmouth's CCBL ballclub has called the field home since 1964, having previously played its home games at the Central Park field in Falmouth Heights. [9] In 2004, the baseball diamond at Guv Fuller Field was named in memory of longtime Commodores' volunteer Arnie Allen. Allen began his association with the Commodores as a seven-year-old bat boy, and remained with the club for 46 seasons, serving primarily as the team's equipment manager, and receiving the league's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. [10] [11] [12] Aging and in need of significant upgrades, [13] the facility was awarded a field improvement grant from the Yawkey Foundation in 2006. [14] [15] Another round of major upgrades began in 2018. [16] [17]

Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field has hosted the CCBL all-star game festivities several times, including its first all-star game in 1966, [18] and its most recent in 2003. [19] The field has seen Falmouth claim six CCBL titles, including four consecutively from 1968 to 1971. [20] [21] The ballpark has been the summertime home of dozens of future major leaguers such as Tino Martinez, [22] Darin Erstad, [23] and Jacoby Ellsbury. [24]

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  1. ↑ "The Heart of Falmouth is its Village Green". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. May 8, 1953. pp. 21, 22.
  2. ↑ "Fuller Field's High Stands Will Disappear". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. April 6, 1962. pp. 1, 5.
  3. ↑ "Nov. 8 Will Be "Guv" Fuller Day". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. October 10, 1952. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Moses To Be MC For Dedication Of Fuller Field". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. October 17, 1952. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Fans Brave Chill Autumn Wind To Watch Dedication Of Field". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. November 14, 1952. p. 3.
  6. ↑ Moses, George L. (November 7, 1952). "Tribute to the Coach". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Guv Fuller Honored At Dedication Of Town Athletic Field Saturday". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. November 14, 1952. p. 12.
  8. ↑ "Dedication to "Guv"". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. January 2, 1953. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Crowley, Dan (2004). Baseball on Cape Cod. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 61. ISBN   0-7385-3508-7.
  10. ↑ "Falmouth to Dedicate Arnie Allen Diamond". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. June 17, 2004. p. 13.
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  12. ↑ Russ Charpentier (November 3, 2002). "High Class". capecodtimes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  13. ↑ Walsh, Sean M. (June 30, 1994). "Greener Grass, Brighter Diamonds: Ranking the Fields of the Cape League". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. pp. 5, 27.
  14. ↑ "Yawkey Foundation donates S300K for Cape League fields". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. March 2, 2006. p. 21.
  15. ↑ Laura Rasmussen. "Falmouth Commodores' 2008 Season Much Brighter Now Thanks to Improved Lighting System at Guv Fuller Field". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
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  21. ↑ "Falmouth Wins Cape League Title Deplorable Brawl In Fourth Game". The Cape Codder. Orleans, MA. August 26, 1971. p. 23.
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  24. ↑ Murphy, Sarah (November 1, 2007). "A mother knows: Host mom was early witness to Ellsbury's greatness". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. p. 16.
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