GRANVILLE, W.Va. – They didn’t have to move a mountain to build Mon County Ballpark — they just had to build into the side of one after filling the abandoned mine that once occupied the area.
It’s a good thing they did. For West Virginia, no factor looms larger in the Mountaineers hosting NCAA postseason play for the first time since 1955 than the place it calls home.
For decades, the program’s home was Hawley Field, a cozy venue stuffed into the farthest northwest corner of the WVU campus. West Virginia coach Randy Mazey insists the place had its charms.