Travel Teams, Colleges and Professional Dugout Designs

The second of three installments on baseball dugout design and layout.  Today we are looking at travel teams, colleges and professional dugouts.

"Fenway Park" at the Ripken Complex in Aberdeen, MD - open concept 

Prasco Park in Mason, OH - below grade with padded rail 

 Legacy Field in Mason, OH - basic dugout with nice finishes

 Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN - block design with padded rail 

DePauw University in Greencastle, IN - on grade dugout with uncovered seating 

Werner Park in Omaha, NE - professional design with drainage in the middle of the dugout

In the final installment, we will look at "extra" features to dugouts.  

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--Jamie

@JamieMehringer

High School and Park and Recreation Dugout Design and Layout

Dugout designs and layouts come in all different shapes and sizes across the country.  With different designs and layouts, costs can vary greatly.  In this 1st of 3 posts on this subject, the focus in on high school and park and recreational settings.

Brown County High School, Indiana - facade the matches the area 

Dublin, OH - open concept with roof at a miracle league field 

Noblesville High School, Indiana - covered and non covered areas

As you can see, dugout design and materials can vary greatly.  If you have questions in regards to dugout design and construction, please let me know.  Look for travel teams, colleges, and professional dugout designs in the next blog posts

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--Jamie

@JamieMehringer

A Great Winter Project/Tricks of the Trade - Sharpening a Rake for Clay Maintenance

A great quick winter project ahead of spring maintenance.  A quick tip to turn a standard steel garden rake into a clay shaving tool.

Take a standard tine rake to a bench grinder and sharpen the teeth.  Now, the rake is a clay shaving tool:



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--Jamie
@JamieMehringer

A Great Winter Project - Grounds Crew Shoe Rack

Many times grounds areas are are full of different types of shoes.  Rain shoes, tarp shoes, running shoes, game shoes etc.  How do you keep them neat, clean and orderly?  Consider building a shoe rack.  Here is a photo of the grounds crew shoe rack at Victory Field.  Simply using 3/4 inch plywood and sealing it with black paint did the trick for this application.  Then, each area is labeled for each grounds crew member.

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--Jamie
@JamieMehringer