{"id":540190,"date":"2026-01-27T06:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540190\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:37:11","slug":"accessible-baseball-field-in-del-mar-reopens-as-padres-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540190\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible baseball field in Del Mar reopens as Padres Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoot, root, root for the home team\u201d as San Diego County has officially reopened and renamed the former Miracle Field to Padres Park in Del Mar. <\/p>\n<p>The Swingin\u2019 Friar,  along with Padres players Jackson Merrill and Joe Musgrove, joined officials at San Dieguito Park to unveil the upgraded baseball field designed to welcome athletes of all abilities. <\/p>\n<p>Improvements include new ADA-compliant surfacing that accommodates wheelchairs and mobility aids, reduces risks of falls and provides a smooth, safe playing surface, according to the county. <\/p>\n<p>Additional upgrades include a new dugout, entrance signage, scoreboard, bleacher shade canopies and a large San Diego Padres logo embedded in the field surface. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Musgrove and Jackson Merrill were on hand as the County marked the official renaming of Miracle Field to Padres Park this weekend. The newly upgraded, fully accessible baseball field welcomes athletes of all abilities and ages to play, compete and belong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Padres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@padres<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gs09DHu2E1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Gs09DHu2E1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SanDiegoCounty (@SanDiegoCounty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanDiegoCounty\/status\/2015905836598505704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project was made possible through a collaboration between the county,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/miracleleagueofsandiego.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Miracle League of San Diego<\/a>, Padres Foundation and community donors, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The Miracle League provides children and adults with special needs the opportunity to play baseball in an organized league. <\/p>\n<p>To commemorate the reopening, Miracle League participants played a game coached by Merrill and Musgrove.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaseball belongs to everyone. Padres Park will be a field where every child and adult \u2013 no matter their ability \u2013 can feel the joy of the game, the pride of their team, and the support of their community. This partnership with the Miracle League and the Padres embodies what makes San Diego special: when we work together, we make inclusion real,\u201d said San Diego Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRoot, root, root for the home team\u201d as San Diego County has officially reopened and renamed the former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,3313,871,1531,71452,43,55987],"class_list":{"0":"post-540190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-baseball-field","10":"tag-jackson-merrill","11":"tag-joe-musgrove","12":"tag-miracle-league-of-san-diego","13":"tag-padres","14":"tag-san-dieguito-park"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115965686510808431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}