Former Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward was one of a handful of people left on North Austin Center’s expansive indoor turf field an hour after the ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, taking pictures with a group of patient fans and giving one last interview about his baseball academy, which is an integral part of the center’s sports programming.
In the opposite corner, two kids threw a baseball in the batting cage — one of two that lower from the towering ceiling into right field — trying to knock a second ball off a tee.
