Why all turf baseball fields?

The dirt is the hard part to maintain. Grass is easy.

I fricking despise it but I get it for schools that can get snow.

Lubbock is pretty windy... maybe they don't want the dirt blowing everywhere.

Traditional field takes a lot of time and manpower to properly maintain. All turf doesn't look nearly as good, but I certainly understand why more schools are making the switch.

That's what I meant. In their case turf was necessary because it was a shitty field and it's just easier to say frick it and make it all turf.

Dirt turf is the best part of turf. No bad hops, all balls play true. If you've never played on it, you're missing out. It's so much easier to play infield.

It's not that it's better for drainage, you don't need a tarp for a turf field. Drainage was not an issue at all in Alex Box, it's the extra time it takes to take the tarp off and maintain whatever damage was done to the dirt.

Most schools can't afford a grounds crew and it saves you from a ton of rain outs

Their tarp was bad also. It was when I worked the Sunbelt tourney in 08.

The best thing about the drop off was easy to get tarp off the field.

It rained hard one first nights we had to remove couple planks out of wall to let water out.

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Most schools can't afford a grounds crew and it saves you from a ton of rain outs

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In the case of the Cajuns, field maintenance was up to the players and coaches. Yet another benefit of turf is letting them focus on baseball itself