Turf

Don't remember who - but a baseball old timer once said "If a horse won't eat it, I don't wanna play on it."

BQ75 said:

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CapCityAg89 said:

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I have no problems with turf to replace grass. The maintenance savings have to be huge - like enable a program huge. But I fail to see any rationale for replacing dirt with turf. That just seems simplistic.

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Actually, it's not. A turf field costs $1 million and lasts about ten years. $100,000 a year buys a lot of water, fertilizer and grass mowing.

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Hmmm. So all those programs that moved to turf to save money were making up numbers. Assuming you're correct that those are the only components to a grass field, I'd actually think water alone would push the 100K. This isn't a quarter acre yard we're taking about. A&M spends over $4M on baseball. You're saying maintaining Olsen is only 2.5% of the total?

They did spend 10 minutes throwing Diamond Dry on fake grass on the mound before the start of the game. Go figure.

rather be fishing said:

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Disch-Falk's faux warning track is the worst.

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There are no warning tracks on turf fields, just color changes. Speaking of hazards!

Turf on a baseball field is un-American

What I can't figure out is why they bother putting a tarp over the turf pitchers mound anyways...

dermdoc said:

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The Baylor and Ag pitchers were all having a real hard time planting their front foot without slipping. Looked like it bothered Hill's control more than anyone else. I really hate turf on the mound.

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Hill really looked bothered by it to me.

I hate turf mounds. Just leave the mound as dirt.

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Hill really looked bothered by it to me.

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That's the competitive advantage the home team is looking for; but only one part of it.

Goose said:

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What I can't figure out is why they bother putting a tarp over the turf pitchers mound anyways...

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Plastic is slippery when wet.

See: Slip & Slide.

My son got second degree burns to both of his palms while stealing second at DBU (turf). Stood up and the skin was melted on both palms. (he actually ripped what skin was still dangling off his hand and put it in his back pocket)

Painful injury that took quite a while to heal. He wears gloves on both hands now when running the bases on turf fields.

EMY92 said:

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Goose said:

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What I can't figure out is why they bother putting a tarp over the turf pitchers mound anyways...

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Plastic is slippery when wet.

See: Slip & Slide.

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Uh-huh...soooo, why don't they tarp the whole infield then...??