Press Clippings

October 3, 2004 - Wahconah Park Inc. Press Release: The drama over the fate of historic Wahconah Park continues in Pittsfield, MA. Bouton group’s plan is on the ropes again.

Pittsfield, MA - Almost three years to the day after Jim Bouton, Chip Elitzer, and Eric Margenau’s original plan to restore historic Wahconah Park was unanimously rejected by the Pittsfield Parks Commission, their new plan, brought back to Pittsfield by a special invitation from the new Mayor, the City Council, and the Parks Commission, is once again being blocked, against the wishes of the vast majority of Pittsfield’s citizens.

What makes the latest crisis even harder to believe is that this time a round the Bouton group (Wahconah Park, Inc.) has access to a professional team set to play in 2005, $1.2 million ready to invest, and a marketing momentum generated by the company’s smash hit vintage baseball game on July 3rd between the Pittsfield Hillies and Hartford Senators, that drew the largest crowd in the history of Wahconah Park and was broadcast live to a national television audience by ESPN Classic.

For background on the most recent developments, read the email to Mayor Jimmy Ruberto. The matter will likely be decided, one way or another, at upcoming meetings of the Parks Commission (Monday, October 4, 7:00 PM, at Springside House on North Street in Pittsfield), and the City Council (Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 PM at Pittsfield City Hall).

Contact:
Jim Bouton 413 528-5999
Chip Elitzer 413 528-4693