While walking toward the Pullman Park entrance the other night, I was stopped by an inquiring gentleman driving a pick-up truck.

He rolled down his window, said he was from Oklahoma and wanted to know who played baseball at Pullman.

I paused for a second, smiled, and said: “Pretty much everybody.”

“High school teams or college,” he asked me.

“Both,” I replied.

The guy smiled back, shook his head, and said: “This place is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. You guys are lucky.”

And you know what?

We are.

Sometimes it takes an outsider to make you realize just what you’ve got.

Plenty of baseball teams around here realize it.

In the month of March alone, 13 different high school teams played regular season games at Pullman. Through Wednesdday, 31 high school teams have played there this spring.

This weekend, the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) is playing its tournament there.

From Wednesday through Saturday, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference will play its eight-team double-elimination tournament at Pullman Park.

That means four games Wednesday, four games Thursday, four games Friday and the championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Entering the final weekend of PSAC regular season action, the eight teams in position to come to Butler are West Chester, Kutztown, Bloomsburg and Shippensburg from the East, Mercyhurst, Gannon, California and Slippery Rock from the West.

All eight of those teams have winning records overall, but none has fewer than seven conference losses.

That shows the competitiveness and quality of PSAC baseball.

A true showcase of a ballpark will showcase that conference this week.

In my view, the only flaws in Pullman Park are the scoreboard is a little small, the left and center field fences should be moved in 20 feet and you can’t see right field from the pressbox.

Those things are easy to overlook, however, once one recognizes just how great a place that is to watch a baseball game. Fans are right on top of the action and there is plenty of seating.

OK, one thing is hard to overlook.

Move the fences in.

Make the home run become a part of baseball games there.

A fly ball sails over the fence at Pullman once in a blue moon.

Right field is fair to the power hitter. Left and center field are not.

Maybe I’m being too picky.

Like the guy from Oklahoma said ... We baseball fans in Butler are pretty lucky.