Addicted to the diamond: Softball can be a hobby — and then some

BY EILEEN BRADY
THE DAILY NEWS OF JACKSONVILLE, N.C.

Bert Bath and his family pack lunch (and dinner), load of their station wagon, then drive two hours to the middle of nowhere.
It’s early Saturday morning when they leave their home in Hubert to reach Peters Creek, which is outside Fayetteville.
Make that way outside Fayetteville.
Rows of cars, also loaded with weekend supplies, pour into the sandy parking lot shaded by pines.
Out of the trunks trickle lawn chairs, coolers, blankets, sunscreen. but there’s no beach in sight. Sometimes, after a hard rain, the drainage ditch becomes a mini-river, to the delight of the kids. But there’s no ocean.
Their parents come to play in the sand, but only because it carpets the eight softball fields at the park.
Peters Creek becomes a popular destination

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