No home field. No excuses. Just wins. For decades, Calvary Day baseball has been one of the area’s most feared programs.
With three state championships (2005, 2007, 2025) and coaching legacies that include Kevin Farmer and Phillip Lee, the program has built a tradition of winning. Former student-athlete and state championship coach Phillip Lee has been a key part of that history.
“I joined the Calvary family as a kindergartener in 1990. I went to school here at Calvary through 12th grade,” said Lee.
Lee had the privilege of playing under Coach Kevin Farmer. “He’s a legendary coach in not only the Savannah area, but arguably in the state of Georgia,” Lee said.
Calvary’s landlocked campus is the main reason it doesn't have a baseball field, but this wasn’t always the case. Until 1996, the baseball field was located where the current football field is.
“The field was located where the current football field is now. 1996 is when the football field was built,” Lee said.
After leaving campus, Calvary found a temporary home at Bethesda Academy, where the program played for nearly 15 years.
When that option ended, the Cavs moved to Grayson Stadium in Forsyth Park.
While Bethesda was a great location for Calvary to play, the Cavs could no longer play there due to renovations.
“Bethesda started having some plans to build more buildings and cottages out there, and they told us we needed to start looking at relocating,” Lee said.
After leaving Bethesda Academy around 2011, Calvary moved to Grayson Stadium in Forsyth Park. Lee mentioned that Grayson was a reliable place to practice and play games until the arrival of the Savannah Bananas.
Sold-out games and Bananas practices restricted Calvary’s access to the field.
While the opportunity to play games near 63rd and Waters diminished after the Bananas, Lee and the Calvary baseball program turned the negative into a way to combat adversity.
“Road Warriors” was the name Lee gave his team from 2021 to 2025.
Lee stated, “I think everyone would love to have a home field. Unfortunately for us, that just wasn’t the case. And so instead of getting upset at it, we decided to turn that challenge into something that was going to be beneficial to us.”
This mentality has been in the Cavs’ favor, leading to a state championship in 2025.
Starting this year, Calvary has found a new baseball field it can confidently call home: Bazemore Park.
While Bazemore is easily accessible, Lee finds the deep-rooted history most important.
“Being able to play on the same field that Adam Wainwright and Josh Reddick played on is really cool," Lee emphasized. "Those guys put Savannah baseball on the map, and were guys that made Savannah baseball what it is while playing at Bazemore Park.”
No matter where they play, 50 feet away or 50 miles down the road, Calvary Day continues to prove one thing: winning travels.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Calvary Day School Athletics
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