An Ohio boy asked his dad for a baseball field in their backyard; two years and about $30,000 later, the family had its own diamond with infield clay, regulation bases, a raised mound and hand-painted foul lines

• Jason Kidd, who lived in Brookfield, transformed part of his property into a playing field, with regulation bases, a raised pitcher's mound, professional-grade infield clay and foul lines that he painted himself.
• The project that involved extensive land preparation, eventually attracted complaints from some ne