Hackett's Park

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   Bob Rute Complex has been the official home of the EWSL since 1998

 

 

Scroll down to see improvements...1997-to date.

Directions

 

located southeast of the Palmer Park Mall on Hackett Avenue in Palmer Township, PA (but is owned by the City of Easton)

 

from Route 22 West...13th Street exit, bear right at stop sign & turn right at fork, follow road to top of the hill, complex on your left

 

from Route 22 East...13th Street exit.  Turn Left at stop sign.  Turn right at the fork, follow road to top of the hill, complex on your left.

 

use 2010 Hackett Avenue, Easton, PA as your GPS destination

 

 

Women's Softball League Wants To Settle In Easton * It Offers Improvements To City Fields In Exchange For A Permanent Home.

October 24, 1997|by MADELEINE MATHIAS, The Morning Call

They may hear "strike one" on the fields, but a woman's softball league could hit a homer with a proposed agreement to relocate its teams to Easton.

The Palmer Adult Recreation League -- Women's Softball wants to use the Bob Rute softball fields at Hacketts Park.

If Easton agrees, the women -- and there are almost 500 in 20 teams -- will not only maintain the fields but will make a number of improvements at their expense. 
Before there were fences...
An additional $2,880.00 was spent on the "high" fence on field #1
$3190.00 (2001 fencing rear)
$6227.10 (2002 fencing...behind stand)
Newer Tractor
2010
The Big Fence was Moved & field totally enclosed 
the latest improvement at the park...
CRESSMAN CAGE 2012
...but sometimes bad things happen in between...

Let's hope we never see this again.  7/10/07