fully function. The pitching mound is clay.
The turf is a 2 ½" pile height. Infill is 1¾"
deep totaling 9 pounds of sand and rubber
per square foot. Crushed cinder rock, 1/8"
minus, was installed at the warning track to
create a tactile change from the field infill.
Seams are sewn using the manufacturer's
recommended methods. The perimeter of
the synthetic turf is attached to a concrete
header and composite lumber nailer board.
The synthetic turf profile includes a minimum of 6" open-graded base rock at the
field perimeter and gradually gets thicker
toward the field centerline/collector pipe."
The warning track was made of 20' wide
FieldTurf in a rust color with a thin top
dressing of cinders to provide a tactile distinction from the baseball field. The infield
skinned areas are FieldTurf Mini Pitch, 2½" pile height with 1-¾" on brown-colored
sand/rubber infill.
Even the aesthetics of the synthetic turf
were carefully planned, noted Olsen.
"The alternating striped pattern of dark
green and light green colors was chosen for
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