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March 2015 | Volume 31 | Number 3
FEATURES
Field Science
8 Advice on building and maintaining pitching mounds
14 Controlling Poa annua in sports turf
20 Preparing your baseball fields for play this spring
The Interview
24 Our first installment of this new series:
Mike Schiller, CSFM
Facilities & Operations
30 Snow vs. baseball: one turf manager's story
32 Warning tracks: material selection, construction
and maintenance
Irrigation & Drainage
34 Soccer field partnership pays off
36 Update on irrigation controllers
Field of the Year
38 STMA 2014 College Baseball Field of the Year: Georgia Tech
Tools & Equipment
42 STMA Innovative Award winner: GT Air Inject/Air2G2
DEPARTMENTS
6 From the Sidelines
7 STMA President's Message
23 John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
45 STMA in Action
47 STMA Chapter Contacts
48 Marketplace
49 Advertisers' Index
50 Q&A
2014 Sports Turf Managers Association's
College Baseball Field of the Year is Chandler
Stadium at Georgia Tech. Sports turf managers
Jon DeWitt, CSFM, and Chris May overcame
severe weather challenges to produce one of
the nation's best playing surfaces in Atlanta.
STARTiNg LiNEUP
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