How To Get A Ball At Dwyer Stadium

Your best chance of getting a baseball during your visit to Dwyer Stadium occurs before the ballpark even opens, provided that batting practice is taking place. As is often the case at ballparks in the lower levels of the minor leagues, home runs will actually leave the park and land on a grassy area beyond the outfield fence. Plan to get to Dwyer Stadium a couple of hours before game time so that you can scour the grass behind the outfield fence to look for home run baseballs. If either team is actively hitting, you’ll want to stand well back of the fence so that you’re safe. From this vantage point, you may be able to spot a ball or two. The fence is on the taller side, but you can usually expect at least a few baseballs to land outside of the ballpark over the course of the BP session. Team staff members will visit the area at the conclusion of BP to collect stray baseballs, but even after someone has already done so, it’s possible to find a ball that has been overlooked.

A lack of outfield seating at Dwyer Stadium means that you’re unlikely to get a home run baseball once the game begins, but snagging a foul ball is definitely possible. A seat down either base line may occasionally yield a ball if a coach chooses to toss a foul ball into the stands, although this generally doesn’t happen too much in at the Short-Season A level. Think about sitting in either of the General Admission bleachers down the base lines, as some foul balls find their way into these sections on occasion. A better option is to stand at the end of the concourse on either side of the field in hopes of chasing down a long foul ball.

If you’re an autograph seeker, you’ll do well during your visit to Dwyer Stadium. Players at the Short-Season A level tend to be good signers, so it’s typical to be able to get a pile of autographs around either dugout (the home team’s dugout is on the third base side) before the game. Some players will even sign around the dugouts after the game, and you can usually get players to sign down the lines between the dugouts and their clubhouses. While standing along the fence with a pen or marker and something that you want signed is often enough to cause some players to walk over to you, don’t be afraid to politely call out to any player in sight.