ALPINE — Kokernot Field in Alpine is a West Texas baseball cathedral. Built in 1947, the ballpark is older than every major league stadium except Boston’s Fenway Park and Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The 71-year old diamond was the passion project of Big Bend rancher Herbert Lee Kokernot, and is an integral part of Alpine’s history. “This field is a historic landmark first off,” Bob Ward, a senior advisor for Big Bend Community Baseball and Softball Incorporated, said. “It is Alpine. And people from all over the country know about Kokernot Field.” Sports Illustrated labeled Kokernot “the best little ballpark anywhere in the world” and Texas Monthly called it “the Yankee Stadium of Texas” “Kokernot Field is just like it was in 1947,” Ward said. “If anything was ever to come along, and someone wanted to change the stadium, I think we’d have a fight on our hands.”
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