In the spirit of Damon Runyon, whose love of baseball inspired much of his literary career, young boys and girls took to the sports fields named after him in hopes of being declared the inaugural Damon Days Pueblo Home Run Derby champion.
On Sunday, Oct 24, swingers from under the age of 10 through 14 took to the diamond and, over the course of 2 minutes, swatted as many baseballs and softballs over the fence as they could. Those with the most dingers advanced through the Derby, which culminated in a Championship Round under the bright lights of the Runyon Sports Complex.
For their efforts, the winners in each division were presented with a customized trophy baseball bat: a keepsake that certainly will be treasured for a lifetime.
The Derby was made possible through the financial support of Pueblo County, Gonzales Electric and Deb (Ira) Kalb, together with the tireless efforts of the Damon Days Pueblo Committee and an army of good-hearted volunteers, including the Runyon staff and members of the Colorado State University Pueblo softball and baseball teams.
An expanded and more exciting Derby is being planned for Damon Days Pueblo 2022.
Photos courtesy of Jon Pompia and Dalton Sprouse.
Below is a video of the event and pictures.
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Board Meetings
Below are the TENTATIVE meetings dates for the Runyon Field Board of Directors during the 2024 calendar year. All meeting are open to the public and held on the second Monday of the month. The meetings will take place in the Runyon Field Complex Conference Room from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
No music provided by teams or spectators is allowed in the complex, including beween innings and between batters. The open carry or firearm or deadly weapons within the sports complex grounds is prohibited per CRS 29-11-7-104.
No smoking of vapes allowed on the complex grounds.
No animals (except service dogs).
Runyon Sports Complex - The Fields
Below are stories done in te summer of 2018 by Austin White of The Pueblo Cheftain on each of the six current fields at the Runyon Sports Complex.