Eisenhower Park Opens Renovated Batting Cage

The Eisenhower Park batting cage features nine individual stalls for baseball and softball.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announces that the renovated batting cage at Eisenhower Park has opened for the 2011 season. During the off-season, the County installed entirely new pitching machines, new netting, and a new pulley system to raise and lower netting during inclement weather.

“The batting cage at Eisenhower Park is one of the largest and most conveniently located in Nassau County, but unfortunately it suffered from a lack of investment over the years, like many aspects of our parks,” says Mangano. “As part of my comprehensive effort to improve our parks, we made a targeted investment in the Eisenhower facility to ensure that it is modern, reliable and worthy of our residents.”

The batting cage includes nine individual stalls with three different speeds for baseball or softball. For baseball, speeds range from 40-45 mph, 60-65 mph and 80-85 mph.

Since the system is “self-feeding” and the balls are collected automatically, patrons don’t need to waste time and energy collecting them and filling boxes or feeding a pitching machine, as is the case at some indoor facilities. The fee for the cage is $3 for 25 pitches for Leisure Pass holders and $5 for non-Leisure Pass holders.

The batting cage is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended hours during the summer. For more information, call 572-0407.

The jewel of Nassau County’s park system and centrally located in East Meadow off Merrick Avenue, Eisenhower provides 930 acres of activities. The park offers a swimming pool and fitness center at the world-class Nassau County Aquatic Center; three 18-hole courses and a driving range; athletic fields; playgrounds; a 2-mile fitness trail; basketball and tennis courts; and summer entertainment at  the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre. In addition, the park includes large and beautiful memorials to the nation’s veterans and victims of the 9/11 attacks.