‘Mom on a mission’ steps up to battle potholes on Hot Stove Baseball road

Volunteer Park in Ravenna. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

‘Mom on a mission’ steps up to battle potholes on Hot Stove Baseball road

- Jeremy Brown

Rain isn’t the only baseball-season annoyance. Parents taking their kids to Hot Stove Baseball games at Volunteer Park in Ravenna know this well, as most of them have navigated the pothole-riddled road to the fields.

Teams in Portage County and beyond rely on the 10 baseball fields at Volunteer Park for their games and practices, but the deterioration of the access road has diminished the number of teams that are willing to use the park.

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