Your baseball or softball season is over—so do you just walk away until next spring? That would be a mistake. Successful baseball and softball field maintenance means always looking ahead, even into the off-season, and having a plan to protect your infield for next year. The late summer and fall months, typically drier across much…
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DuraEdge’s Impact on This Year’s American Legion World Series
Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium was the recipient of a new DuraEdge infield this past spring. Why is this significant? Veterans Field, in Shelby, NC, is the home to the American Legion World Series which wrapped up this past month. Recently, we caught up with Leif Hamrick, owner of Foothills Sportsturf, Inc. Leif was hired…
DuraEdge and Professional Outdoor Solutions Team Up to Fix a Field at Rotary Park (Decatur, IL)
We recently caught up with Tony Albertina, Recreation Supervisor for the Decatur Park District (in Illinois) and Andy Ommen of Professional Outdoor Solutions. Tony oversees a complex, Rotary Park, that is home to five ballfields. They were having playability issues, especially with the amount of games they play from May-July. Tony knew they needed to…
Spotlight Install: The University of North Florida
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:
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