The Northern Marianas Sports Association is informing the public, especially the teams that are preparing for the upcoming Saipan Little League Baseball season, that both the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios baseball field and Miguel \u201cTan Ge Pangelinan softball field will be closed this week.<\/p>\n
NMSA executive director Tony Rogolifoi said the closure is due to the improvement and renovation that Oleai Sports Complex staff will be doing on both fields, which will be utilized by the four divisions\u2014minors, majors, juniors, and seniors\u2014in the SLLB. The Saipan Baseball League will also use the \u201cTan Ko\u201d ballfield for its competition in the 2018 season.<\/p>\n
The \u201cTan Ko\u201d field will be closed beginning today, Jan. 29, until Jan. 31, as the staff of the sports complex had started renovation work of the infield last week, doing the back filling and leveling of the dirt area.<\/p>\n
The staff, whose three-day project aims to ensure the safety of the players, had also restored the pitcher\u2019s mound and compacted the dirt in the area around home plate.<\/p>\n
The \u201cTan Ge\u201d field, on the other hand, will also be closed starting on Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.<\/p>\n
Rogolifoi said they would immediately inform the public if both fields would be available for use once the renovation and other work are done. Teams that wanted to use the facilities, once they reopen, must submit a letter of request.<\/p>\n
He added that the sports complex staff would release the new practice schedule in the order of which team submitted the letter of request first. The Pirates\u2019 in majors division team in the SLLB will use the \u201cTan Ge\u201d field next week, Feb. 5, Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOther teams currently utilizing the \u201cTan Ge\u201d field are asked to submit their intentions to use it so we could schedule them, accordingly,\u201d said Rogolifoi. <\/p>\n
For more information, call Rogolifoi or any of the staff at 234-6672.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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