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Vandy Installing Artificial Turf -Football and Baseball
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:07 am
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:07 am
Football is getting Field Turf and baseball is getting a new form of Astro turf which covers the entire field, with the infield colored like dirt and slightly lower than the rest of the field.
Hard to grow good turf here in Nashville with the winters and frozen field in early Spring.
Wonder if more teams will go to this?
Hard to grow good turf here in Nashville with the winters and frozen field in early Spring.
Wonder if more teams will go to this?
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Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:09 am to LagdonCG
I think Texas has that on their baseball field.
We have turf that runs behind home plate and extends down to first and third base.
I like the improvements Vandy is doing to their facilities. I think they are getting a new HD screen as well as a new indoor practice facility.
We have turf that runs behind home plate and extends down to first and third base.
I like the improvements Vandy is doing to their facilities. I think they are getting a new HD screen as well as a new indoor practice facility.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:14 am to LagdonCG
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Wonder if more teams will go to this?
Turf covered baseball fields are Busch league IMO.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:15 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
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Turf covered baseball and football fields are Busch league IMO.
I was on the Rays field one time and it was like it had springs under it. It was really weird.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:22 am to roadGator
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I was on the Rays field one time and it was like it had springs under it. It was really weird.
I have walked on an outdoor turf field at the old minor league park in Jackson and it feels good but any field without dirt just isn't baseball.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:37 am to LagdonCG
for baseball its really dumb.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:42 am to bbap
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for baseball its really dumb.
Glad I'm not the only person who believes this.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:43 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
You aren't the only one. I hate fake turf for baseball and football. I hate that our championship is played on turf. That's just me though.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 8:44 am to Al Bundy Bulldog
Terrible for baseball. Baseball should only be played on grass. Real grass
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:33 am to Broke
I don't mind it for football, but for baseball I would want real grass.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:52 am to LagdonCG
If you wouldn't smoke it, don't play on it.
Posted on 5/30/12 at 9:59 am to Requiem For A Dawg
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If Les Miles wouldn't eat it, don't play on it.
FIFY
Posted on 5/30/12 at 10:42 am to GumpInLex
I would flip shite if Baum had turf.
I love that beautiful hybrid bermuda grass, and how great the grounds crew keeps it looking all season.
I love that beautiful hybrid bermuda grass, and how great the grounds crew keeps it looking all season.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 3:20 am to LagdonCG
Have they installed the new football turf yet? If so, are there any pics?
Posted on 6/15/12 at 3:25 am to roadGator
Rays field at least has real dirt.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 6:10 am to LagdonCG
Welcome to 1970.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 7:48 am to UTVolCountry
They are taking the grass from the field and using it to make the new berm on the north side of the stadium.
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Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:02 am to RebelNutt48
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I think Texas has that on their baseball field.
They do.
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This post was edited on 6/15/12 at 8:24 am
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:21 am to EKG
Texas did upgrade to field turf a few years ago
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:24 am to LagdonCG
Vanderbilt should have "abolished their athletic department" years ago. That notion has always been inaccurate or incomplete at best. All this did was allow Vandy sports to legally start getting some of the gajillion dollars from Vanderbilt's endowment.
Vandy orginally put down 'Tartan Turf', Astro Turf's poor cousin (like Tennessee first put down in 1968) before putting in Astro Turf in 1981.After the plethera of schools in the SEC in the 70's putting in the fake stuff, they were the last ones to remove it after the 1998 season.
Its Good to Be Gold!
Vandy orginally put down 'Tartan Turf', Astro Turf's poor cousin (like Tennessee first put down in 1968) before putting in Astro Turf in 1981.After the plethera of schools in the SEC in the 70's putting in the fake stuff, they were the last ones to remove it after the 1998 season.
Its Good to Be Gold!
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