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Stephanie Wiechmann
Muncie marks the 110th field project for the Cal Ripken Senior Foundation and the 15th one sponsored by Gainbridge, a financial annuity and insurance agency. But only the newly minted Gainbridge field at McCullough Park is CEO Dan Towriss’s home field, where he helped lead Muncie's American Legion League baseball team to a state championship as a teenager. Towriss says the field's history should be celebrated.

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Dan Towriss
From back to, you know, Honus Wagner and the Pirates and the Reds and all the things that have transpired. And even, you know that when you look at the dimensions of this field, it's not an ordinary high school baseball field. It's a special place. It needs to look like a special place.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Through the foundation, Gainbridge helped sponsor the renovations along with the City of Muncie and Ball State University. Improvements include new synthetic infield turf, new scoreboard, field lights, and a running track. Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr says for the foundation, named after his coach and manager father, field improvements are secondary to programs that get kids involved in sports, but those programs need a place to gather to teach their lessons, developmental skills and what he calls magic.

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Cal Ripkin, Jr.
If you really look at it, how what percentage of kids that play the game of baseball are going to be, pro baseball players or they're going to get to the big leagues, but what percentage of the kids can can, can learn and grow from their experiences on the baseball field?

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Stephanie Wiechmann
At the field's dedication on Tuesday, the foundation and Ball State had another announcement. After the hot Muncie summer baked the newly reseeded grass outfield, the organizations will join together to put in an irrigation system and new grass in time for next year's baseball season. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.