OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s Community Fund has been named an award recipient of the Scotts® Field Refurbishment Program, an initiative from the Scotts Company LLC (Scotts) and Major League Baseball that will once again award modern, playable youth baseball and softball field refurbishments to four communities of need within the United States. The A’s will utilize the grant to refurbish Raimondi Park, the home field for McClymonds High School, in West Oakland.

“Oakland has a rich tradition of baseball and the A’s are excited to join Scotts and Major League Baseball to provide a quality, safe place for youth to play the game that we love,” said Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval. “We’re proud to continue to support McClymonds High School and the surrounding communities that will use this field, and we look forward to unveiling it later this year.”

The A’s are one of four grant-winning organizations announced today that were selected from nearly 500 grant applications across more than 400 cities in 48 states and Washington, D.C., for the 2020 installment of the Scotts® Field Refurbishment Program. The winning organizations were chosen by a special blue-ribbon panel that included three-time MLB All-Star and 2008 World Series Champion Ryan Howard; Olympic Gold Medalist and MLB Youth Softball Ambassador Jennie Finch; 1997 World Series Champion and MLB Network analyst Cliff Floyd; and additional executive leadership from MLB and Scotts.

Field refurbishments at Raimondi Park are set to begin later this summer.