Dennis Eckersley Field in Fremont, California
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Another player from the Oakland area who starred for the A's, Eckersley's alma mater dedicated its field in his name in 2007. He graduated in 1972.
"I'm really overwhelmed," he said at the ceremony, according to MediaNews Group. "Baseball has always been the central focus of my life and to have a field named after me, it's special.
"I was just an average kid from Fremont, nobody special, who just happened to bring it."
