The Newest Baseball Field in Indiana - Continued Spring Green Up

On Thursday of this week I stopped by and had a brief field day at Wabash College. Wabash has the newest baseball field in Indiana. The field opened this spring.

The photo below show the mound and the infield looking out into the RF gap. The turf is 100% Kentucky bluegrass on a sand cap rootzone. The infield is Natural Sand Dura Edge Classic infield mix and the mound and plate consist of Dura Pitch mound clay. Both surfaces are topdressed with Turface Heritage Red Calcined Clay. As you can see the turf is not as green as some of the ryegrass fields we have been following. In my opinion, it is not a big deal, the field plays well, but bluegrass is slow to green up. So, if your field is not as green as the rival school, it may be the turf that is on the field!

The next photo shows the new dugout at the field. The dugouts contain a nice storage area at the end of each dugout.

The photo below was taken from the plaza looking onto the field. As you can see the school decided to install a halo around the plate. I will cover the question - "Do you think a halo is necessary?" in a later blog post.

The final photo was taken from the field looking back at the plaza and the seating bowl. Simply stated, wow! A brick backstop, red chair back seats, and a netted backstop make this area one of the nicest college facilities in Indiana.

To see a link about the new facility click HERE

Go to j-dturf.com to learn more about J&D Turf

Play on!
--Jamie