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Orange Blooded [2779]
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OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
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Apr 6, 2024, 7:21 PM
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game with Notre Dame. This is the first time I have ever seen a completely non dirt field. Is this a common thing for bad spring weather schools?
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
Apr 6, 2024, 7:26 PM
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Don’t know,but I don’t care for it.
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Orange Blooded [4863]
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I think weather is the big thing in the north
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Apr 6, 2024, 7:31 PM
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but I've seen it in the south too.
I think Wake Forest may have an all artificial turf field.
I don't like it. Sliding on that stuff has to be a muscle tear waiting to happen. I noticed that the players on both sides are wearing cleats. I thought they might not.
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Orange Blooded [3060]
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Is dirt really too hard to maintain?***
Apr 6, 2024, 7:31 PM
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Re: Is dirt really too hard to maintain?***
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Apr 7, 2024, 9:03 AM
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I suppose grass is.
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
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Apr 6, 2024, 8:35 PM
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I think Louisville is also all turf… I know app state is as well… a lot of the midwestern and northern states are going to it… I’m assuming goes a lot easier on maintain during the colder months than down south where even winters aren’t really winter.
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
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Apr 6, 2024, 8:45 PM
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Not always. Pretty sure Vandy changed to artificial turf too.
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
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Apr 6, 2024, 8:55 PM
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I think in the north it’s almost a necessity, but I also think schools with better weather are simply doing it to minimize costs. What I don’t get is places like Coastal Carolina where it’s some kind of hybrid of turf and grass.
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Orange Blooded [2855]
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Coastal has turf in foul territory, but the field is grass and dirt.***
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Apr 6, 2024, 9:30 PM
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
Apr 6, 2024, 8:54 PM
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Colleges use the weather as an excuse. There are plenty of MLB teams located in cold-weather cities. A huge majority of them play on grass fields.
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
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Apr 6, 2024, 8:57 PM
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Colleges use the weather as an excuse. There are plenty of MLB teams located in cold-weather cities. A huge majority of them play on grass fields.
But they play preseason in Florida and Arizona until early April.
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Re: OK, I admit Im old school (81 years old) and I am watching our baseball
Apr 7, 2024, 9:08 AM
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Off the top of my head, ND, Duke, Wake, Louisville, VT, and BC are the ACC schools with all turf that I can think of...I may be missing one or two. Not a fan personally but I understand why the northern schools do it.
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Those do not actually have carpet in the batter's box and at the bases, do they?
Apr 7, 2024, 11:58 AM
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Notre Dame is the first field I recall seeing with that.
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Orange Blooded [2002]
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Yes
Apr 7, 2024, 9:20 AM
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A lot of schools have them now. App State is all turf
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Re: Yes
Apr 7, 2024, 10:05 AM
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I looked up last night and Tennessee and Vanderbilt do too.
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