4 SportsTurf | June 2014 www.sportsturfonline.com
Contents
June 2014 | Volume 30 | Number 6
FeaTureS
Field Science
8 Football maintenance for cool-season high school fields
12 Beating summer stress for cool-season sports turf
16 University turfgrass research update
20 From seed to playing in 35 days
24 Post-emergent herbicide Q&As
34 Salt sources in irrigation water
Facilities & Operations
26 Limiting liability for your sports facility
28 A "basic" trip overseas reveals what matters in turf care
31 Five steps to transform your field for tournament time
Irrigation & Drainage
36 Principles of drainage: a beginner course
Tools & equipment
40 Latest products on the sports turf maintenance market
2013 STMa Fields of the Year
42 Professional Baseball: Isotopes Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico
DeParTMeNTS
6 From the Sidelines: Is verticutting making a comeback?
7 STMA President's Message
15 John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
45 STMA in Action
47 STMA Chapter Contacts
48 Marketplace
49 Advertisers' Index
50 Q&A
On the cover:
Casey Griffin, director of field operations for the MiLB Albuquerque
Isotopes, works the base paths in preparation for another season in
New Mexico. Griffin says overseeing a $250,000 renovation project
within his first month as director was "an extremely intense and
rewarding opportunity."
