Infield
Mixes:
What Works Best Now |
| April
3, 2007 -- Issue 2 |
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| Better
Fields for Better Play |
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You need
more baseball dirt for your infield. What do you do?
Most folks just call the local landscape supplier and ask for another
5-10 yard load of crushed brick for their baseball field.
Is this the best thing to do?
Well, it depends on who you are trying to please by adding more dirt:
So, what do YOU
do?
If you're like me, you want the best infield mix so the players
have a safe and playable field.
Generally this
means the infield mix needs a combination of clay, silt, and sand.
The higher the competition or the older the players, the more clay
you need in the mix.
For example, a good baseball mix for PONY league and high school is
50% crushed red brick, 20% clay, and 30% soil. A professional
mix is 60% clay and 40% tichert #2 sand.
Now what would
you end up with if you try to please the others:
Me, I'm in this
for the players. I'll get a good infield mix that is 50% crushed
lava rock and 50% clay. As I write this mix costs $29 a yard.
If we don't look out for the players, who will? They just want
to play. Hopefully you are looking out for them as well.
