Teddy Ebersol Field

Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields at Lederman Park is a series of fields along the Charles River in the city of Boston. The Boston Red Sox foundation and the Esplanade Association in conjunction with the Hill House, a NPO, helped fund the 1.8 million-dollar renewal project. [Cite news| url = http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8100220/ | title = Fields upgraded to honor Ebersol’s son | work = The Associated Press via msnbc.com | date = 2005-06-04 | accessdate = 2005-05-26] The field reopened on September 5, 2006, to the Hill House youth soccer program.

The land includes two baseball/softball diamonds, a youth baseball diamond, a t-ball diamond, up to five youth soccer fields, and a regulation-sized soccer field in a design that accommodates a variety of other athletic and community uses. Before the renovations, the fields were uneven and often flooded.

The fields are named after a young Red Sox fan, Teddy Ebersol, who died in a plane crash on November 28, 2004, in Colorado. Teddy was the son of NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol and "Kate & Allie" actress Susan Saint James.

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* [http://www.redsoxfoundation.org/ebersol/ Ebersol Field] at redsoxfoundation.org.