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Do your coaching efforts stand out? Are your players at peak performance? If not, get regular tips and hints from this baseball field maintenance blog.

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Jun 19, 2013

Baseball Field Maintenance & Renovation for Youth, Collegiate, and Pros

Use this 'how to' baseball field maintenance guide to make your baseball field safer and more playable.

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Jun 18, 2013

Base area cutouts on an all grass infield

base cutouts on all grass field

Sometimes you have an all grass field or an artificial turf field. Here are some examples and measurements for the base cutouts.

base area cut outs on an all grass field

Jun 17, 2013

How to add clay bricks to your mound

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Jun 17, 2013

How to evaluate your dirt-turf edges

evaluate dirt-turf edge

  1. Stand on the dirt-turf edge of your infield, for example, so you have part of your foot on the grass and part on the dirt.
  2. Is it flat? Or can you tell you are not level? Some ball fields have as much as a 3 inch drop at the edge.
  3. Ever see a player or coach trip as he walks across your edge? Then you know you have a problem.
  4. Stand at one of the corners. Look down the dirt-turf edge. Is it straight and neatly cut? Is the grass at the edge thin and worn out or is it nice and thick and full?
  5. Do you clearly see a hump even from the dugout or from the stands? If it is visible from far away then you definitely have a problem.
  6. Roll a ball across the edge. Does it hop up or roll smoothly across?

But more importantly do you know how to maintain a nice level edge? Do you know how to fix that lip and ledge you have on your baseball field?


Bonus #5: How To Get the Winning Edge How To Get The Winning Edge includes:

  1. The Importance of a flat grass edge
  2. Daily maintenance of the edge - how the pros do it
  3. The typical edging process that you can easily do
  4. Major and minor edge repair: hosing, trench and roll, new sod, mass aerate and roll, & a project to reclaim the dirt build up
  5. How to marking the edges

I invite you to come on in, see for yourself, and check out the other bonuses waiting for you.


The Complete Baseball Field Maintenance Handbook

Jun 15, 2013

Baseball Field Maintenance Handbook

Baseball Field Maintenance Handbook: Secrets to Your Own Winning Baseball Field. Tips and Hints Made Easy!

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Jun 14, 2013

How professionals use chalking frames

chalking frames

Here is how professionals perfectly chalk the batter boxes and the baselines using wooden frames.

You could build one of these too. Keep in mind you may need two people to do the job and you will need a place to store these large frames.

Batter box chalking frame:




And here is a baseline chalking frame in action:

baseline chalking frame

Jun 13, 2013

Using sand on your baseball field

Sand is your secret ingredient to turf that is level, drains well, and promotes healthy turf.

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Jun 10, 2013

Fertilizer for your baseball field

Fertilizer for your seed, sod, and turf to grow thick and healthy

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Jun 07, 2013

Special Report - Seven Field Maintenance Secrets

FREE Special Report - Seven Field Maintenace Secrets to turn your baseball or softball field into a winning field

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Jun 06, 2013

How much do I need? Seed, fertilizer, and dirt for my baseball field?

Ever wondered how much do I need? Find out how much seed, fertilizer, and dirt you need for your baseball field.

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Jun 03, 2013

Instantly remove at least 80% of lip buildup

Remove lip buildup when rolling turf

If you are rolling your baseball field this summer, then take advantage of the opportunity to remove lip build up at the same time.

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Your ball field may benefit from using a heavy roller such as a 1 ton steam roller.  A roller this size is great for flattening and leveling the infield dirt and the baseball turf.

So, take advantage of the opportunity to remove lip build up too.

  1. dig a small 3 inch trench next to your turf edge
  2. roll the turf and dirt; lip flattens into the small trench
  3. rake to smooth the dirt and turf edge
  4. no more lip!
  5. ready to edge

You haven't seen flat until you have done this.  We now have a new webpage with a nice set of photos to show you how to do this.

So, here you go:

How to remove lip build up when rolling your baseball field

May 31, 2013

Taking Your Baseball Field to the Next Level - part 3 in a series

Follow the story as a baseball player takes his play and his baseball field to the next level

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May 29, 2013

Over seed bare spots in baseball sod

How to over seed bare spots in baseball sod - one thing you must get right for great results

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May 28, 2013

The tale of two pitchers - One of my favorite stories

Follow a young man from little league to his MLB tryout. This is his story as he meets an old baseball buddy who did not apply what he learned.

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May 27, 2013

How to maintain baseball infield dirt areas

Maintain baseball infield dirt for safe and quality baseball field

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May 26, 2013

Remove lip build up on your ball field using water

How to use water to remove lip build up without wrecking your turf

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May 22, 2013

Baseball field products and suppliers for your field maintenance needs

Proven baseball field products and suppliers who know what a baseball field requires

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May 22, 2013

Motivated Pitcher Starts His Own Business

motivated pitcher and his new business

    Have you ever wonder what happens to high school and college baseball players after their career is over?

    Brian was a pitcher and shortstop for 16 years of baseball from T-ball through college. He played on some fo the best and worst ball fields imaginable.

    He played on some of the winningest and losingest teams ever seen. And he instigated some of the most amazing pranks that still make me laugh.

    Brian was a very motivated baseball player. He worked about as hard and as long as any player I've seen. Though his dream to be a pro player ended after 2 MLB tryouts, he was not a quitter.

    After college Brian joined a team involved in construction and renovating reposessed homes in various cities. Long hours, lots of travel, and hard work.

    But his passion has always been drawing and artistic design.

    He has now started his own business on the side. He hopes that as this grows he can reduce time away from his family doing construction in other cities.



    Warning: not for the faint of heart:

    Motivated pitcher starts his own business

 

May 20, 2013

How to add clay bricks to your baseball mound

step by step example of adding unfired clay bricks to reinforce your softball or baseball field mound

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May 17, 2013

Your Baseball Mound - best way to tamp and maintain

Tips and hints to tamp your field's baseball mound

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May 16, 2013

Learn from baseball field projects and case studies

Need baseball field projects to learn from? Here's a visual guide of many different projects.

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May 15, 2013

Baseball fields gone bad - Don't Let This Happen to You!

Baseball fields gone bad - problem, impact on players and what you can do to fix it.

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May 14, 2013

Baseball field maintenance goofs I made and hopefully you don't

Baseball field maintenance goofs I made. Be forwarned and your project can still have a happy ending.

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May 12, 2013

How To Edge Like A Pro

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May 10, 2013

The best baseball field equipment for your baseball field maintenance

If you're looking for baseball field equipment to make your maintenance job easier, this is the page for you

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