The Ranch is the location of the sport’s birth, and remain’s it’s true home. Currently The Ranch Tapey Beercone Beercomplex contains two adjacent Tapey Beercone fields, the original Gordon Field and New Gordon Field.
Gordon Field
The game began at Gordon Field which prior to that date had seen only the occasional wiffle ball game take place on its premises. Then, upon it’s frozen tundra in the Winter of 2009 the sport was born out of drunken ingenuity.
Gordon Field features a distinct “Green Monster” of evergreen trees in left field, juxtaposed by a rugged wash of bare river bed in right. To fit into the tight confines the angle between foul lines is narrowed to significantly less than a right angle.
The grounds still echo with the excitement from games long past. But as time marches on so do the workings of the earth. The slow attrition of geology has manifested itself on Gordon Field by gradually eroding away portions of right field, to the point that eventually first base had to be moved off the foul line to allow for both a flat run to first while keeping the total area of outfield wide enough for play.
Field Name | Gordon Field |
|---|---|
| Location | The Ranch |
| County | Mendocino |
| State | California |
| Latitude | 40°N |
| Longitude | 123°30'W |
| Elevation | 1,305 ft |
| Heading | W |
| Play Area Angle | 45° |
| Grand Salami Zone | Land in Tree. |
| Grand Salamis Hit | None (Multiple Robbed Grand Salamis) |
| Infield Surface | Compacted Riverbed Rock |
| Outfield Surface | Loose Riverbed Rock |
| Outfield Obstacles | Left Field - The Green Monster |
| Beer Pope Coronations | Pope Eric - 1/18/2009 |
| Inception Date | 1/16/2009 |
| Total Regents to Play at the Field | 6 |
| Largest Crowd | Not a Soul - 1/16/2009 |
New Gordon Field
To make room for an expanding game, New Gordon Field was constructed and first played on in 2015. The field features a wider 75 degree play area with a ground rule Green Monster of its own in center field, a high slope leading to a home run drop off in right, and a long outstretching play area in left. The field plays significantly different throughout the year. In the winter it plays as muddy and slippery “Treacherous Sun Wet New Gordon Field”. Where as in the summer it plays as dry and hard “Sun Scorched New Gordon Field”.
Compared to the the original Gordon Field, New Gordon Field, being significantly larger and wider, allows for play with many more participants and allows much freer movement of fielders around the play area.
Field Name | Sun-Wet New Gordon Field | Sun Scorched New Gordon Field |
|---|---|---|
| Location | The Ranch | The Ranch |
| County | Mendocino | Mendocino |
| State | California | California |
| Latitude | 40°N | 40°N |
| Longitude | 123°30'W | 123°30'W |
| Elevation | 1,309 ft | 1,309 ft |
| Heading | E | E |
| Play Area Angle | 75° | 75° |
| Grand Salami Zone | Land in Tree. | Land in Tree. |
| Grand Salamis Hit | None | None |
| Infield Surface | Muddy Meadow | Dry Meadow |
| Outfield Surface | Grassy Meadow | Grassy Meadow |
| Outfield Obstacles | Left Field - Downed Tree Limbs, Centerfield - The New Green Monster, Right Field - Sloped Bank | Left Field - Downed Tree Limbs, Centerfield - The New Green Monster, Right Field - Sloped Bank |
| Beer Pope Coronations | Pope Reverend II "The Reluctant" - 1/15/2021, Pope Rooster IV "The Berzerker" - 1/16/2021, Pope Student I "The Ignominious" - 1/16/2022 | Pope Rooster III - 6/2/2018, Pope Rooster V "The Pocket" - 4/2/2022 |
| Inception Date | 1/1/2015 | 9/3/2016 |
| Total Regents to Play at the Field | 4 | 5 |
| Largest Crowd | Not a Soul - 1/1/2015 | Not a Soul - 9/3/2016 |
With the success of New Gordon Field, The Ranch Tapey Beercone Beercomplex was born. While neither field is perfect, together they can provide for an ideal Tapey Beercone game no matter the season.