As McCoy Stadium is demolished to make room for a new unified high school, some seats from the beloved ballpark are finding new life a few miles away.

 

Two rows of the red grandstand seats were installed behind home plate at the East Providence High School baseball field.

 

On Thursday, local leaders were on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony ahead of the Townies’ game against Portsmouth.

 

“I’m so happy that these seats are here. And anybody that’s a baseball fan or loves baseball like I do, you sat in these seats with your mom, your dad, your grandfather. This is part of Rhode Island history,” said Secretary of State Gregg Amore, a former teacher and baseball coach at the high school.

 

“It feels wonderful. This is a piece of Rhode Island history, a piece of baseball history. I could think of no better place for some of these seats to be here,” East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva told 12 News.

 

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