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Fields upgraded to honor Ebersol’s son

Ground broken on Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields

BOSTON - Ballfields named for Edward “Teddy” Ebersol are about to get an upgrade.

Ground was broken Saturday to improve fields along the Charles River in memory of the 14-year-old Ebersol, a passionate Red Sox fan who was killed in a plane crash last November.

The project, called Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields at Lederman Park, will replace existing fields at the park on the city’s Esplanade with new expanded fields suitable for baseball, softball, T-ball and soccer. The $1.8 million project is designed to improve drainage, landscaping and facilities at the fields, which are frequently used for pickup games.

Ebersol was killed Nov. 28 in a plane crash amid freezing temperatures, fog and snow. His father, NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, and his 21-year-old brother, Charlie, were injured.

(NBC Sports is a partner in the joint venture that runs NBCSports.com.)

The accident also killed pilot Luis Alberto Polanco and flight attendant Warren Richardson III.

Among those attending Saturday’s groundbreaking were Teddy’s parents, Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James, Gov. Mitt Romney, Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner and representatives of Hill House and the Esplanade Association.

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