10. Pierce High — Arbuckle, Calif.
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Similar to Holt-Moffitt Field, the baseball field at Pierce features a raised surface in play. There are two major differences: First, the hill is much smaller. Second, the hill is right behind second base.
"The inside of the track has a
raised grass field that would result in odd bounces from balls hit up
the middle," said MaxPreps staff writer Kevin Askeland, who coached against Pierce one season. "The bump has since been lowered for a more level surface."
The football field is the outfield at Pierce and that means the goalposts are in the field of play. It takes a long blast to reach the goalpost in right field but it's much more reachable in left. And perhaps the most distracting part of all is that there is a football snack bar along the right field line, just a foot into foul territory.
To top it off, the field at Pierce is located right beside Interstate 5. Foul balls hit off to the left can easily find their way into the flow of 70-mph traffic traversing the highway in far northern California.
