Jim Rice will get one more crack at hitting a ball over a Green Monster.

The Green Monster at the youth baseball Fenway Park at Camp Tracy in Oakland is a little closer than the one Rice hit so many home runs over in Boston. The Boston Red Sox great, who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, will be the guest of honor when the new artificial turf field at Harold Alfond Fenway Park is dedicated on June 21.

The ceremony is set to begin at 2 p.m. Rice will throw out the first pitch before taking a few swings, said Ken Walsh, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCA of Greater Waterville.

The artificial turf is being installed so softball teams can use the facility, too, Walsh said. With portable mounds, the field can be set up for baseball or softball.

“That’s the whole objective, to get boys and girls on the field,” Walsh said. “As softball is progressing, it prevented girls from getting on the field because of the mound.”

The new field is being installed by Waterville native John Huard’s company, Northeast Turf.

“It’s about three-quarters done right now, and it’s just tremendous,” Walsh said. “This is the stuff you would find on professional fields.”

The dedication will coincide with a four-team, round-robin baseball tournament, featuring the Maine Freeze, and teams from New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, Walsh said.

Currently a baseball analyst on NESN, Rice played for the Red Sox from 1974 to 1989. He hit 382 home runs and drove in 1,451 runs. Rice was American League Most Valuable Player in 1978 after hitting .315 with 46 home runs and 139 RBIs.

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