This time of year, baseball and softball are usually on the backburner. However, in warm climates things are starting to ramp up in preparations for the upcoming seasons. Our Homefield crews are spread out across the Southern and Western U.S. getting fields ready to play. One of our crews are currently down in the Sunshine State, working to help get these fields ready for the fast-approaching season. Most recently, they just finished up an overhaul at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Their Superintendent of Athletic Grounds, Corey Levine, shares his experience:
Category: Spotlight Installations
Restoring a Piece of Baseball History
Every infield project we work on is unique. Whether it’s the people you get to work with, the location, the logistics, there’s always something special and distinctive about the projects we take on. One renovation we worked on recently outside of Detroit in Hamtramck, MI was particularly special. Hamtramck Stadium is a historic Negro League ballpark that…
If You “Re”Build It, They Will Come
WRITTEN BY: DARIN KAIN What happens when an iconic baseball field, like the one used in the movie Field of Dreams, is damaged due to vandalism? You help rebuild it of course. In the Sports Turf industry, if your neighbor needs help, you help. That’s exactly what happened on Monday April 16th 2018 when staff,…
Spotlight Install: Then & Now at West Marshall High School
5 years ago West Marshall High School Baseball Field became a DuraEdge field. I talked to Doug Watt, the head baseball coach, about his journey with DuraEdge. Doug mentioned that prior to renovation, the infield skin was an ag lime material. It was a combination of very fine sand and silt, which resulted in the infield…
Spotlight Install: Grove City Memorial Park Fields
Towards the end of April, the Eastern DuraEdge team was hard at work at our local park’s ballfields in Grove City, PA. In addition to the DE team, ABI was also on site training some new team members on the Force, trying out newly engineered parts, and shooting some awesome footage (get excited for a really cool time-lapse video!). Field…
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