Joe Cannon Stadium is a baseball stadium in Hanover, Maryland. It is the home field of the Coppin State Eagles baseball team of the Division I Northeast Conference. It was also formerly the home field of the Baltimore Dodgers of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Joe Cannon Stadium also plays host to many high school and amateur league games. The stadium holds 1,500 spectators.
 Joe Cannon Stadium in April 2021. | |
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| Address | 7551 Teague Road, Hanover, MD 21076 |
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| Location | Hanover, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°09′15″N 76°43′02″W / 39.15417°N 76.71722°W |
| Owner | Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Operator | Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Capacity | 1,500[1] |
| Field size | Left field: 310 ft (94 m) Left-center field: 380 ft (120 m) Center field: 410 ft (120 m) Right-center field: 380 ft (120 m) Right field: 310 ft (94 m)[1] |
| Surface | turf[citation needed] |
| Opened | September 16, 1990[2] or April 19, 1991[3] |
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| Coppin State Eagles (NEC) Baltimore Dodgers (CRCBL) | |
It is named after former Laurel, Maryland resident M. Joseph Cannon, who had served as the first president of the Maryland City Little League, coordinated countless baseball tournaments, and was instrumental in unifying the Anne Arundel County youth football leagues.[4]
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- ^ a b "Joe Cannon Stadium". aacounty.org. Anne Arundel County. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ O'Malley, Pat (September 19, 1990). "Isn't Cannon Stadium Arundel's Own Field Of Dreams?". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Day Brown, Atalie (March 9, 2013). "West County: Joe Cannon Stadium prepped for spring". Maryland Gazette. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Friend, Richard (Spring 2023). "Joe Cannon Confusion: A Stadium Doesn't Always Ensure its Namesake's Legacy" (PDF). Voices of Laurel.