WTF is with all the fake dirt baseball fields?
I noticed this last year, but having watched my share of college baseball playoffs this season, it seems to be more prevalent this year.
Fake dirt?! Brown astro-turf? Good lord, is nothing sacred?
Who else remembers Hank Aaron reaching down to grab some dirt and rub it on his hands during his at-bats? No batting gloves on Hank. Nor did he wear those gay oven mitts when he reached base.
I am clearly too old and cranky.
Replies to: WTF is with all the fake dirt baseball fields?
They used to have real dirt surrounded by turf, now it's all turf. Odd to watch.
And then when you see a real grass field, you wonder whether it is fake.
Do you think this is a way to fight rain outs and drainage issues?
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That and cost of maintenance. I think kids prefer grass for most sports, but $$ to maintain.
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My daughter played on this junk a few times. Had to get “turfs” and said it was brutal
On her feet. The heat coming off this shit was terrible. The kids hated it.
They have different lengths for different sports, and different quality. My son plays FB and lacross
and schools with all purpose fields tend to use a mixed height fake grass, but to do it right, you need different length turf for FB vs lacrosse, and probably variations for baseball, soccer, field hockey, etc..
The better stuff is fairly soft but the cheaper stuff that lasts longer is usually rough and gives you horrible carpet burn. My son ends up wearing fairly thick leg and arm protectors even when it's warm because when he doesn't he ends up with abrasions and those take a while to heal and can get infected.
I know sometime back female soccer goalies were showing up with disproportionate versions of some cancer apparently due to not moving much on the turf and use of ground up tires. Probably obvious, but I'm not a fan.
Back in my day we mixed in some broken glass and shredded metal with the infield dirt. We left every
game with copious cuts and possible tetanus and staph infections, but dammit, we liked it that way!
Exactly!
Get off my lawn!
Back in my day we played on asphalt. Those head first slides were murder,
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