Gary Rome Hyundai

Longmeadow's Baseball Diamond Needs Help

Longmeadow High School's baseball diamond is getting a makeover and they need your help.

Gary Rome has partnered up with parents of Longmeadow's Diamond Club and are offering up a brand new Hyundai Sonata for supporters who purchase a raffle ticket.

Thanks to parent volunteers of the Diamond Club, the infield will completely be replaced and other parts of the diamond will be renovated.

Raffle tickets are $100 and will be sold at each Longmeadow home game.


On Saturday March 31st, Opening day, there will be a few special events, the schedule is as follows:

11-11:45 followed by a double header against East Granby Crusaders

11:15 - Speech and ribbon cutting ceremony

Sandy Koufax and Little League players are invited to march around the field with the Lancers.

National Anthem - Played by Tom George and sung by Sam Gerweck
  Music will be played prior to the game as well

Carl Beane - The Voice of Fenway will have made a CD and announce the players

Coach D-Agostino (first baseball coach at LHS will throw in the first pitch and hopefully Glen Snyder (member of first team) will as well.)

Game will begin

There will be burgers, dogs, peanuts and drinks for sale
The brand-new Hyundai Sonata will be there to preview - raffle tickets will be for sale
Calender Raffle tickets availible for purchase

For more information click here or contact Bob Michael at 413-565-2586 or Jim Stewart at 413-567-7017

By Matthew Campbell CBS 3 springfield