Full name | H. L. "Hub" Hollis Field |
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Location | Paris, Texas |
Coordinates | 33°38′42″N95°31′50″W / 33.64504°N 95.53068°W Coordinates: 33°38′42″N95°31′50″W / 33.64504°N 95.53068°W |
Capacity | 1,000 |
Field size | 330 LF 370 LCF 390 CF 370 RCF 330 RF |
Surface | Tiff Bermuda |
Tenants | |
H. L. "Hub" Hollis Field is a baseball venue located in Paris, Texas and the home of the Paris Junior College Dragons baseball team. The facility is named after the school's first Athletic Director and Head Football Coach, who worked in the 1920s. [1]
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