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Does Texas Tech baseball have fake dirt (brown turf) on their infield?
Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:38 pm
At a sports bar watch them get throttled by UT, looks like they have brown field turf instead of real dirt.
WTF? What are the field requirements for fields these days? Are things becoming less about rules and more about guidelines/suggestions?
WTF? What are the field requirements for fields these days? Are things becoming less about rules and more about guidelines/suggestions?
This post was edited on 4/24/16 at 4:40 pm
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Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Yes, Texas had the same thing, I think they may have gotten rid of it.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:42 pm to barry
I mean Tech kind of has to have it with how windy it gets out there.
a lot of high school fields have turf all around me too so games aren't rained out and what not.
a lot of high school fields have turf all around me too so games aren't rained out and what not.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:45 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Tulane has had this for a while. The mound is still dirt.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 4:53 pm to McCaigBro69
They can water the dirt every inning to help in days where it's windy. I was not aware there were so many loose rules around what a baseball can be made out of at the college level.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:05 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
A number of new college and minor league fields are going turf, I don't think the wind has as much to do with it as budget. No groundscrews, tarps, etc.
* and other colleges with existing grass fields are converting. I caught some of the Oklahoma game today and they switched to turf as well.
* and other colleges with existing grass fields are converting. I caught some of the Oklahoma game today and they switched to turf as well.
This post was edited on 4/24/16 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:25 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Brb using my imagination since OP didn't post any pics
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:34 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Do you realize how long that would take??
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:45 pm to ToulatownTiger
Anyone that complains about turf/dirt never played on it. Turf is infinitely better. No bad hops, everything plays true. Only trouble is sliding and pellets getting in your eyes.
This post was edited on 4/24/16 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:46 pm to ToulatownTiger
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Do you realize how long that would take??
I was kidding.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:47 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Vandy has a complete turf mound to go with their field.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 5:48 pm to Cheesy Beaver
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Brb using my imagination since OP didn't post any pics
Can you fricking read dude?
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At a sports bar watch them get throttled by UT, looks like they have brown field turf instead of real dirt.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 6:00 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 4/24/16 at 6:03 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
How is that any different than what they used to do with AstroTurf on the whole field? It's just painted brown in the infield.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 6:08 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Can you fricking read dude?
Can you fricking use Google image search dude?
Posted on 4/24/16 at 6:32 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Troy has a field like that and it'll get so hot in the summer that plastic parts of your cleats will begin to melt if you stand in one spot on the infield too long 
Posted on 4/24/16 at 8:19 pm to Rig
I can't believe what I'm seeing. I had no idea this went on.
Posted on 4/24/16 at 8:31 pm to Rig
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Troy has a field like that and it'll get so hot in the summer that plastic parts of your cleats will begin to melt if you stand in one spot on the infield too long
Yes. I can tell you from experience that playing summer ball in Texas on a turf field like this fricking sucks
Posted on 4/24/16 at 8:32 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 4/24/16 at 8:34 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Illinois State did this a few years back. At the time only the infield grass and dirt was turf. Outfield was real grass and mound was dirt. They may have gone full turf by now. Haven't kept track as they lost their coach and haven't been too hot lately.
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