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Junkie [544]
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Baseball field upgrade needed.
Feb 15, 2013, 4:45 PM
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In my opinion the Clemson and two paws makes it look kinda cheap, and they need to add dirt between home base and first, and home base and third.
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Doug Kingsmore is top 10 every year
Feb 15, 2013, 4:53 PM
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You're fighting a huge up-hill battle with that post.
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Junkie [544]
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Re: Doug Kingsmore is top 10 every year
Feb 15, 2013, 4:55 PM
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I just like certain parts, buts its just an opinion
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Home base? You must be a football fan***
Feb 15, 2013, 5:22 PM
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Re: Home base? You must be a football fan***
Feb 15, 2013, 5:24 PM
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Yeah, you could put it that way.
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Re: Home base? You must be a football fan***
Feb 15, 2013, 5:41 PM
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Lots of fields have grass going down the basepaths. It is actually trending that way in terms of what everyone is using. One of the reasons why is that the field drains better with grass down the lines. With dirt down the baselines your day is done if you get a considerable amount of rain.
Not so much for major colleges because they have field tarps and grounds crew, but more so for smaller colleges and high schools.
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All-TigerNet [10928]
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I know what you are sayin, They have a tendency to overdo
Feb 15, 2013, 5:49 PM
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things sometimes with the facilities. Sometimes simple looks better and classier.
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Re: Baseball field upgrade needed.***
Feb 15, 2013, 5:44 PM
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110%er [5977]
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Jack agrees with you. They are going to replace the
Feb 15, 2013, 5:47 PM
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entire playing surface after the season. The outfield is very uneven and doesn't drain well. The turf behind homeplate is wore out and will be replaced with field turf. The overall playing surf is in bad shape according to Jack.
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I like the field overall but I would replace that area
Feb 15, 2013, 6:46 PM
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around home plate with real grass.
it never looks neat or clean with the plastic grass
I know why they do it, it just doens't look good to me, it looks sorta cheap
the stadium looks great and those outfield seats look great, maybe one day they can add outfield seats to the right field area
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can anyone go out to right field and buy food they are cooking out there or who do they cook for out there
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110%er [7913]
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what is home base???***
Feb 15, 2013, 8:46 PM
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Orange Blooded [3257]
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4th base of course!***
Feb 15, 2013, 8:54 PM
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There are plans to renovate the field after the season...
Feb 15, 2013, 9:53 PM
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and I'm hoping that when they do, they'll replace the turf around home plate with field turf like the practice field and have the "Clemson" and the paws made out of orange turf instead of having to paint them. Everything in the Indoor Practice Facility is field turf (even the Tiger Paw at midfield and the yard lines and hash marks) and I hope they'll do the same thing at Doug Kingsmore. I don't see them getting rid of the grass basepaths, that's one of the unique features of the field and I don't see that changing.
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Re: There are plans to renovate the field after the season...
Feb 15, 2013, 10:29 PM
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Coach Wilhelm told me the reason they have the grass basepaths is because he liked to bunt and the ball had agreater tendency to remain in play with grass.
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Re: Baseball field upgrade needed.
Feb 16, 2013, 1:44 AM
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Yup, it's already in the plans. As far as I know, they're going to keep the basic features, like the hill instead of the warning track, but they may move home plate out about 5 feet. That plus Jack's campaign to get a new baseball could add some of the excitement back to the game.
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