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Ballfield lead contamination saga continues

May 15, 2018

Delays in cleaning up ballfields in Red Hook by the NYC Parks Department have meant residents are still waiting to get playing again after 3 years. “We need our fields

GDPR is effective May 25

May 15, 2018

GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation, and it affects all EU citizens no matter where they are living now (EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech

City baseball stadium no longer in play

May 15, 2018

As recently reported in the State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL a ballpark in the city has fallen into disrepair and no longer hosts games, much to the chagrin of longtime locals. Longtime

Toronto FC to replace turf again

May 15, 2018

According to a report from theglobeandmail.com, Tired of playing on a “cow pasture,” Toronto FC plans to lay a new grass surface at BMO Field later this month. The existing pitch

Sprayer on a budget

May 8, 2018

From Dr. Grady Miller, SportsTurf “Q&A” columnist: Q: I hear about all these pest control products I could use on our fields, but we do not have a sprayer. With our

SFMA educational bulletin on laser grading

May 8, 2018

Grading is the process of leveling a land surface to a desired gradient by cutting, filling, and smoothing the soil. In the athletic field construction industry, laser grading establishes surface

Tricks of the trade for baseball

May 8, 2018

From Advanced Turf Solutions: During the business of the baseball season, we would all like to find ways to make our workload shrink faster, but in an efficient manner. Good

School super revealed as serial pooper

May 8, 2018

According to a report by Jacob Bogage in the pilotonline.com, “It was a disturbingly normal discovery for the students and faculty at Holmdel High School in New Jersey: human feces

Will $52K a year fix a town’s poor fields?

May 1, 2018

An annual maintenance plan making all town athletic fields safer for those using them would cost approximately $52,000, an expert told town officials and sports program representatives Monday at a

New practice fields at TCU feature Tiff Tuff

May 1, 2018

The trucks and crews can’t move fast enough for TCU football coach Gary Patterson. The $2 million renovations to the practice fields just west of the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility