Doran Park (ballpark)

{{Short description|Baseball venue in Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S.}}

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| name = Doran Park

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| image = Doran Park Ball field.jpeg

| caption = Doran Park in July 2019

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| address = 220 Sandwich Road

| location = Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|41.744322|-70.577803|display=inline,title}}

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| opened = 2006

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| surface = Grass

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| capacity = 3,000

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| dimensions = Left Field: 325 ft
Center Field: 390 ft
Right Field: 315 ft

| tenants =Bourne Braves

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Doran Park is a baseball venue in Bourne, Massachusetts, the centerpiece of the Barry J. Motta Athletic Complex at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, and home to the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).

The Bourne Braves began play on the newly-constructed field in 2006, after having previously played home games at Coady School field and Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Hendy Field since the team's inception in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://bournebraves.org/game-information/doran-park/ |title=History of Doran Park and the Bourne Braves |publisher=bournebraves.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}} In a 2007 Braves pre-game ceremony, the new ballpark was dedicated as "Doran Park" in memory of long-time baseball fan and Sagamore resident, George Doran, Sr., and was touted as "the model for the Cape League’s future."{{cite web|author=Paul Gately |url=http://master.v2.capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ftp/News/news2007/BourneCourier/BC_11BJul07.htm |title=Bourne’s new gem of a diamond: Doran Park is dedicated |publisher=Bourne Courier |date=July 10, 2007 |access-date=September 25, 2019}} The following season, the Braves held a lighting ceremony to celebrate the park's new minor league caliber lighting system, a gift from the Doran family. Among the speakers at the 2008 event was former Bourne Brave and Boston Red Sox player Lou Merloni.[http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/06/11/bourne-braves-doran-park-sees-the-lights?blog=108 Bourne Braves' Doran Park sees the lights] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721094626/http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/06/11/bourne-braves-doran-park-sees-the-lights?blog=108 |date=July 21, 2011 }} Nov. 2008, Cape Cod Today{{cite web|author=Jim Chandley |url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/index.html?article_id=1069 |title=Bourne New Lights at Doran Park |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date=June 15, 2008 |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

Doran Park was host to the CCBL championship series in 2009, as the Braves defeated the Cotuit Kettleers to claim the first league championship in franchise history.{{cite web|author=Jim Chandley |url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/season/index.html?article_id=1376 |title=Bourne Takes One Game Under Blanket of Fog |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date=August 11, 2009 |access-date=September 25, 2019}}{{cite web|author=Ashley Crosby |url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/season/index.html?article_id=1378 |title=Bourne Braves Win First Cape League Championship |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=September 25, 2019}} In 2014, the CCBL all-star game festivities were held at Doran, the first time the Braves had hosted the event.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org/archives/allstar/previous/2014_all_star/ |title=Cape League 2014 All-Star Game Bourne |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}}{{cite news | title = West tops East stars in Cape League ASG | pages = 15 | newspaper = Yarmouth Register | location = Yarmouth, MA | date = July 31, 2014 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DPLTR%2F2014%2F07%2F31&id=Ar01501&sk=0920224C&viewMode=image }}{{cite news | last =Pappas | first =Ted | title = One awesome All-Star Game | pages = A11 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, MA | date = August 1, 2014 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F2014%2F08%2F01&id=Ar01101&sk=8FFD22C9&viewMode=image }} The park again hosted the CCBL title series in 2017, as the Braves fell to the Brewster Whitecaps.{{cite web|author=Matt St.Jean |url=https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/brewster-whitecaps-win-first-cape-league-title-in-17-years/ |title=Brewster Whitecaps Win First Cape League Title in 17 Years |publisher=capecod.com |date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=September 25, 2019}} The ballpark has been the summertime home of dozens of future major leaguers such as Mitch Moreland, Travis Jankowski, and Pete Alonso.