Where is it located?
The PHY Little League occupied a baseball field at Rosedale Park, located 1.5 miles just southeast from the campus of St. Mary’s University. Rosedale Park was given its name in 1892 when a surrounding real estate development by the same name was first established. At that time, the park covered only 1.7 acres in the middle of the 60-acre planned Rosedale subdivision. A new owner bought the land in 1911, but redevelopment did not begin until the 1960’s. My father explained to me there was only one field when he played baseball during this time. In addition, he stated undeveloped vacant lots with tall weeds surrounded the baseball diamond and brick two-story concession stand. The now cement-paved drainage canal behind the field, he described, was a muddy, brush-overgrown creek. He also remembers his coach telling him at the time there was a plan to build more baseball diamonds and a park. By the 1980s, Rosedale Park had grown to 60 acres.
The little league and baseball fields are still in use today. The fields have been named and marked as “Fernando Arellano Sr.” Little League Field, “Baldemar Torres & Manuel V. Betancourt” Baseball Field, and “Jesse Vallejo & Juan R. Zepeda” Baseball Field. In addition to the little league and baseball fields, Rosedale Park currently has a soccer and softball field, walking/biking trails, swimming pool, a tennis, basketball, and volleyball court, and two spacious pavilions open to the public.