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Corbett Field, formerly the Minot Municipal Ballpark, is a baseball park located south of the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot. The park was build between 1935 and 1937 through the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It was designed by Minot architect, Ira Rush. In 1947, the Minot Park Board, began improvements on the park, including a roof on the grandstand and field lights.
The namesake of the park, Dr. Victor A. Corbett, was a local dentist, who served as the president of the Park Board during this time.The orange seats that were later added to the grandstands were purchased from the old Fulton County Stadium.
The Minot Mallards, a team playing in the integrated Manitoba-Dakota League or Mandak League, began playing at Corbett Field in May 1950. The name Mallards was an entry submitted by Minotian, Bonnie Rae Miller, in a fan-naming contest, beating out the Kernels and the Plainsmen. In the summer of 1950, Satchel Paige pitched three games for the Mallards. After the League folded, the Mallards continued to play at the ballpark in the 1960's for the Northern League. In 1995, a newly revived Minot Mallards began playing at the park in the Prairie League, but the league folded in 1997.
The Beavers began playing baseball at Corbett Field in 1952 and it has remained the home of Minot State baseball ever since.
