‘How do you like the baseball complex at Sartell’s ‘Pinecone Central Park?’
(This photo poll was conducted June 8 during the Pinecone Park Inaugural Baseball Invitational tournament.)
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[/media-credit] Mike Smith, Mahtomedi“I like it. Very nice. I like the grassy infields. They’re really cool. So are the scoreboards. My son, Ryan, is playing today, and we’re having fun.”
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[/media-credit] Peyton Wadel, Andover“It’s really nice and green, and it’s got nice infields. There aren’t many bumps on it. It’s nice and flat to play on. Oh, and our team won. That’s nice too.”
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[/media-credit] Anna Neeser, Sartell“I think it’s great for the community. It’s really pretty.”
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[/media-credit] Grant Meyer, Sartell“It’s awesome. A great addition to the city. And it’s much needed. A lot of kids helped pitch in to make it ready for today. Laying the sod was really hard work.”
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[/media-credit] Jared Freeman“These fields are nice. They’re good additions to the fields we already have in Sartell. My brother, Garrett, is playing here today.”
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[/media-credit] Dave Kirchner, St. Cloud“Beautiful! The layout, the sod are really nice. It’s going to be even better when it’s all done.”
Dalman was born and raised in South St. Cloud, graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School, then graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in English (emphasis on American and British literature) and mass communications (emphasis on print journalism). He studied in London, England for a year (1980-81) where he concentrated on British literature, political science, the history of Great Britain and wrote a book-length study of the British writer V.S. Naipaul. Dalman has been a reporter and weekly columnist for more than 30 years and worked for 16 of those years for the Alexandria Echo Press.
