It’s no secret that Stephen King lives and breathes baseball. He’s a lifelong Red Sox fan, and he isn’t shy about sharing his opinion on the team. He used to own a sports talk radio station. He and novelist Stewart O’Nan even wrote a book, “Faithful,” about the Red Sox’s 2004 World Series-winning season.

But nothing sums up Bangor’s most famous resident’s love of the game better than the ways in which he and his wife, Tabitha, have supported it locally. One need only look at Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium, the top-notch baseball facility that the Kings donated $1.2 million to have built, which opened in 1992 at Hayford Park on Thirteenth Street.





Little League season kicks off this weekend. Bangor West Little League, which with Bangor East comprises more than 20 baseball and softball teams in Bangor for players ages 5 to 16, will host an opening day party Saturday morning at Mansfield, complete with food trucks, live music and a first pitch ceremony.