The Connecticut Defenders of the Eastern League play at Thomas Dodd Stadium in Norwich, named after his dad.
>>Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Connecticut Defenders minor league baseball team. It was built in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 6,270. It is named for Eastern Connecticut native Thomas Dodd who was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, and the father of U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd.
Tom Dodd was a big-time crook. The Senate censured him in 1967.