Root, Root, Root for the Ridgefield Raptors

There is something about walking into a ballpark that can send a person back to their childhood: the familiar metallic ding ringing out when a baseball connects with a metal bat, the smell of grilled hot dogs wafting through the stands and the excitement brewing from the fans as the national anthem blares through the stadium. Baseball is America’s pastime for a reason, and now it’s come to Southwest Washington.

The Ridgefield Raptors are our home team, and while they are here to stay, they did not have an easy start. As a relatively new team, the Ridgefield Raptors played their first season in 2019. This budding organization was just finding its footing in the community when everything came to a screeching halt in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic managed to kill whatever momentum the community was building toward the new team.

The organization sat patiently by, but after getting the all-clear to gather and play again, the entire team wondered if fans would still be there. Did people still want to see baseball in Ridgefield?

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