Road Trip - Cobb Field: A Day at The Ball Park airs Sunday, May 16th at 7:30 pm CST May 16, 2010

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5/16/2010 7:30 PM Cobb Field: A Day at The Ball Park

Winner of three Mid-America Emmy Awards, Cobb Field: A Day at the Ball Park examines twenty-four hours in the life of Cobb Field, home of Cincinnati Reds Rookie-league affiliate the Billings (Montana) Mustangs.

We see the preparation of the field by those who take pride in the appearance of the diamond, the front office staff who labor behind the scenes to make sure fans enjoy the night’s game, loyal fans who have occupied the same seats for years, players who dream of making the major leagues, and the coaches who want to to help those dreams come true.

We meet the umpires who want to move up through the baseball hierarchy, and the play-by-play announcer, following his own baseball dream.  We see the game itself, played against the backdrop of the fans who claim this team as their own.  After the game, we witness what occurs after the fans have gone home; those who prepare the park for the next day, and those who revel in the night’s success.

Cobb Field has been in use since 1948, and was replaced by a brand new ballpark after the 2007 season.  It has been described as a place where baseball is still baseball, where the focus of the game is still the game itself.  Through the gates of the park have passed generations of families who feel a strong bond with “their boys”- the players who hope to start their baseball legacy as a member of the Mustangs.