Stopped by Covenant Christian yesterday. As many of you know, this field is one of the nicest in Indiana. Andy Gossel maintains the field and does a great job. There are four photos above:
1. The first photo shows the foul area in front of the third base dugout after rolling the turf. This practice allows for the settling of the frost heave from a hard winter for turf
2. The second photo shows two great tasks for the spring. In the background you can see the outfield being rolled with a three ton roller and the first nail dragging of the field after the dirt has been rolled with a three ton roller. Infield soils MUST be rolled before play in the spring. No matter the quality of the material, all surfaces will frost heave over the winter and this must be settled before spring play.
3. The third photo shows a picture of Andy's new rigid mat drag. This is the drag of choice for infields as it will smooth the surface while also providing minor leveling of the surface. This is due to the fact that the drag will not roll over high areas and dig deeper in low areas.
4. The final photo shows a neat cutout around the mound at Covenant Christian. It is definitely old school!
Good work Andy!
To learn more about Covenant Christian, click HERE
Go to j-dturf.com for more info.
Play on!
--Jamie
Great looking field! Those ridged steel mat drags also work great for dragging aerification cores back into the field, but I would suggest a longer mat than the one pictured above. At least 3' or more for dragging cores. We used 8'x8' drag mats on the polo fields...
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