Winter is right around the corner, and to those who reside where snow cover is a fairly regular occurrence, its doing your infield a favor. If you are above the thick red line on this map, rest at ease because you commonly experience 75 days or more of snow cover on your field, protecting your infield topdressing from being displaced.
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5 Tips to Prepare a Baseball Field for Winter
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…
How to Budget a Youth Baseball Organization – Pt.2
Written By: Paul Zwaska Managing an organization’s financials is a lot like managing a business. And it is exactly how those who run an organization should look upon that duty. Businesses and organizations are always looking for ways to grow. In most cases, that growth cannot occur without money to carry it forward and a…
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…
Ballfield Maintenance Do’s and Don’ts
We’ve come to the time of year where your fields have seen quite a bit of wear and tear. There are a couple things that we feel are important to think about this time of year: In this article, we’ll be discussing our Do’s and Don’ts for field care. Pregame Do’s Post-Game Do’s Field Maintenance…
DuraEdge becomes an Official Partner of Minor League Baseball
DuraEdge today announced a partnership with Minor League Baseball (“MiLB”) that will make DuraEdge the “Official Infield Mix, Mound Clay, Topdressing and Warning Track materials of MiLB.” With 120 teams across the United States. and Canada, Minor League Baseball’s partnering with DuraEdge, the premier supplier of infield products in North America, was a natural fit…
The History and Best Practices for Infield Topdressings
Written By: Luke Yoder and Paul Zwaska Back in the 1960’s, groundskeepers began incorporating different products into their infield skins to try to improve playability. These products were initially produced for the golf and automotive industries and consisted of diatomaceous earth, porous ceramics, and even crushed corn cobs. They were referred to as amendments or…
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,…
Moisture Management- A Day in the Life of an MiLB Groundskeeper
Written By: Wes Ganobcik Head Groundskeeper Columbus Clippers Huntington Park It is almost impossible to describe proper moisture management without going into great depth on the many considerations made regarding every aspect for infield mix management. This will be a description of how we approach the infield over a 24-48 hour period of time. Leading…
Trending Now: Field Conversions
Guest blog written by Joe Hill-Director of Field Operations at Greater Nevada Field, home of the Reno Aces and Reno 1868FC.
DuraMixer at Fort Bragg
The first in the “Where in the World is the DuraMixer” series.
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