A now well-known local baseball field in Queen Creek, Arizona, started with one father's desire to create a new home base for his son's little league team — and throw one heck of a 10th birthday party in the process.
In 2014, Clint Frisbie looked around his 3.4-acre property, where his family lived in a double-wide mobile home. He decided to turn much of that land into the ultimate backyard: a full-fledged baseball diamond complete with sod, backstops, dugouts, a scoreboard and more.
"We were playing at some retention basin and a neighborhood park ... and I was like 'what are we doing?" Frisbie said in an interview with Homes.com. "I looked around and went 'I got room back here.'"
It wasn't that heavy of a lift for Frisbie, who works in construction. The field, which they named Frisbie Field, was completed within a year and in time for his son's 10th birthday in 2015.
"Everybody showed up."
A few years later, the family built a permanent home in front of the field.
Frisbie Field quickly became much more than a place for Colton and his team to practice: it became a destination for little league games for the town of Queen Creek and San Tan Valley.
Baseball field draws attention, but presents big commitment
The home — complete with the baseball field — at 34882 N. Valley View Road is now on the market for $1.25 million.
Steele Nash of eXp Realty has the listing for the property, which features eight bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms, including a detached guest house.
Nash, who's had the listing for about a month, saw immediate interest in marketing the house from viral TikTok and Instagram videos.
"We've had a number of showings ... they like it for one reason or another, but it is just a big commitment to spend seven figures on a property that's unique like this," Nash said in an interview with Homes.com. "You better see the value in the baseball field, but it's also a ton of space."
The home is located in the San Tan Mountain neighborhood where homes carry an average value of $842,554.
Owner reflects on years of memories
Frisbie Field continues to host games and practices. The family decided to list the home after a health scare for Frisbie, which prompted them to consider a move.
Kids who used to play on Frisbie Field have come by to check on Frisbie. As momentum builds for his home being on the market, Frisbie is grappling with the reality of parting with his namesake field and home.
"There's money to be made, and you're not going to make it unless you move," Frisbie said. "I keep feeling like I want to call Steele [and say] 'I'm having those second thoughts from all this work and hanging around here and [thinking] of all the memories that came from it.'"
Colton saw his baseball development through, playing college ball at Central Maine Community College. After an injury, Colton is back in Arizona and pursuing a coaching career at a high school in nearby Florence.
Frisbie said Colton, who helped him name the field, is on board with him selling the house.
"It's the 'Sandlot', it's the 'Field of Dreams', but it's still just Frisbie Field," Frisbie said.