College Baseball Legend Bertman Coming Home to Special Honor

By George Solomon

Special to the Miami Herald

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It took decades for the city of Miami Beach to dedicate its Flamingo Park Baseball Stadium the “Stanley Skip Bertman Field” on Thursday.

But who’s counting?

Bertman, who turns 88 on May 23, has on his resume before this latest honor, prime spots in the College Baseball Hall of Fame, Louisiana State University Hall of Fame, state of Louisiana Hall of Fame, University of Miami Hall of Fame and Miami Beach High School Hall of Fame. He has also been named College Baseball Coach of the Year five times, had a street named for him and statue erected in his honor outside LSU’s Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, in Baton Rouge.

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Miami Beach Baseball Field to Honor Mastermind of UM’s ‘Grand Illusion’- Flamingo Park Baseball Field will be renamed in honor of Stanley ‘Skip’ Bertman

Miami Beach, FL – Having been dubbed one of the greatest trick plays in college baseball history, the architect of the University of Miami’s “Grand Illusion” that helped win the 1982 Men's College World Series is about to have a Miami Beach baseball field named in his honor.

Legendary baseball coach Stanley “Skip” Bertman graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 1956 and later returned to lead the school’s baseball program to a state championship and two runner-up finishes before making his mark at the collegiate level. Bertman will have his name placed on the Flamingo Park Baseball Field on Thursday, April 23 at 11 a.m. The field is located at 1430 Michigan Ave.

“Skip Bertman’s legacy is woven into the very fabric of Miami Beach baseball, from his championship days at Beach High to his legendary career on the national stage,” said Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. “Naming this field in his honor ensures that future generations of local athletes will know the story of this talented man who defined excellence and innovation in the sport.”

Bertman, 87, served as the head baseball coach at Miami Beach High School from 1962 to 1974 and went on to become an associate head coach at the University of Miami and head coach of Louisiana State University, where he led the LSU Tigers to five national titles and seven Southeastern Conference championships with the highest NCAA tournament win rate in history.

Read the full press release from the City of Miami Beach here.