Apparently it was just installed.

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May 10, 2014, 3:25 PM

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Aoki said the new turf will have a huge impact on the Irish baseball program. The turf will give the Irish additional opportunities to get in more games and more practices, and will have great appeal to recruits.
"In the conference we're in now and the facilities they have in that conference, Clemson has a beautiful facility, Florida State has a beautiful facility," Aoki said. "I'm not saying we need to keep up penny-for-penny with the Joneses, but we certainly need to put ourselves in a position where our facility isn't going to be the decision that a kid makes between coming and not coming here."
Notre Dame's turf does not include any dirt cutouts. Even the pitching mound is entirely turf. The consistency of the field will eliminate bad hops.

"As a developmental piece, that's really important for your fielders to come in and have confidence in the surface they're playing on, and develop good habits," Aoki said. "It encourages them to be aggressive on defense, which I think is great."
Irish catcher Forrest Johnson said the road-weary Irish were glad to finally have a home game that was truly at home. The seven-month project was originally slated to be ready by mid-March, but the severe winter knocked that finish date out of the park.

"It's been pretty rough," Johnson said. "It's a gorgeous playing surface, and we're really happy to get out here."
Third baseman Kevin DeFilippis said there wasn't much of a transition to artificial turf.

"You can kind of see sometimes the ball, when it gets caught up in the turf, it gets slowed down a little bit," DeFilippis said. "At the same time, balls in the infield kind of scoot through there."

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> Aoki said the new turf will have a huge impact on the
> Irish baseball program. The turf will give the Irish
> additional opportunities to get in more games and
> more practices, and will have great appeal to
> recruits.
> "In the conference we're in now and the facilities
> they have in that conference, Clemson has a beautiful
> facility, Florida State has a beautiful facility,"
> Aoki said. "I'm not saying we need to keep up
> penny-for-penny with the Joneses, but we certainly
> need to put ourselves in a position where our
> facility isn't going to be the decision that a kid
> makes between coming and not coming here."

Haven't the Jack supporters told us we have horrible facilities and that's why we aren't better than mediocre in the conference?

This is a joke right. ND's baseball field has a sports turf

Huh? Are you sure?***

I'm watching it and the area that is normally dirt..is turf

Oh wow, I see it now. That is very interesting.***

even the MOUND is covered in turf

Apparently it was just installed.

Re: Apparently it was just installed.

Agreed.***

Wait, what?

Re: All turf fields suck

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