Diamond Nation

{{Short description|Baseball complex in New Jersey, US}}

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| address = 129 River Road, Flemington, New Jersey

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| tenants = New Jersey Diamond Jacks (2000–present)

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Diamond Nation is a 65-acre baseball complex in Raritan Township, New Jersey, that was established in 2009.{{cite web|title=Facility Overview|url=http://www.diamondnation.com/facility-overview.html|publisher=Diamond Nation|accessdate=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219032519/http://www.diamondnation.com/facility-overview.html|archive-date=19 February 2015|url-status=dead}} It is home to Jack Cust Baseball Academy and Jennie Finch Softball Academy making itself a premier baseball and softball tournament and training center in the country. Diamond Nation currently has seven fields in total. Five of them are with ninety foot base paths, which can be converted into two little league fields each. The other two are seventy foot base paths.

The New Jersey Diamond Jacks, which is run by Jack Cust Baseball Academy, was established as an elite 18U organization. The association has expanded to include teams from the 10U age to 18U.{{cite web|title=Diamond Jacks|url=http://www.diamondnation.com/diamond-jacks.html|publisher=Diamond Nation|accessdate=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310145103/http://www.diamondnation.com/diamond-jacks.html|archive-date=10 March 2015|url-status=dead}}

Multiple New Jersey high school baseball teams play games at Diamond Nation throughout the spring season.{{cite web|author1=James Kratch|title=Baseball: 8 Opening Day games to watch on Wednesday, April 1|url=http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-5151003507610760695/baseball-opening-day-games-to-watch-on-wednesday-april-1/|publisher=NJ.com|accessdate=1 April 2015|date=1 April 2015|quote=The game will be played at Diamond Nation in Flemington, so there should be no issues with getting this one in.}}

On 20 July 2012, Diamond Nation released Club Diamond Nation, which is a virtual baseball and softball training academy.{{cite web|author1=Cristina Rojas/Hunterdon County Democrat|title=Diamond Nation launching virtual baseball and softball academy July 20|url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/07/diamond_nation_launching_virtu.html|publisher=NJ.com|accessdate=1 April 2015|date=18 July 2012}}

In early 2014, Diamond Nation made proposals to build another complex in Fredericksburg, Virginia that would be home to Minor League Baseball team, Hagerstown Suns.{{cite web|author1=Benjamin Hill|title=Batting Around: A Minor League Baseball business roundup|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-66676330|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=1 April 2015|date=16 January 2014|quote=A 4,750-seat baseball stadium for the relocated minor league team and five artificial turf fields for Diamond Nation youth and amateur baseball and softball camps and tournaments will be built there.}}