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Project: Complete Infield Renovation for College & PONY baseball
Case
Study -
Complete Infield Renovation
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Safety and Improvement Needs:
The Baseball Field
Improvements will renovate and add improvements to a baseball field used
by high school, community PONY leagues, and college.
The activities include:
infield turf renovation, irrigation improvements, home plate and mound
reconstruction, baseball dirt improvements, and bullpen reconstruction.
The biggest problem on the field is the fact that there is a 60
foot diameter hump around the mound as a result of adding fines
to the mound every year for 50 years. The rain had washed tons of
it out into the grass. Very few grounders bounce in a straight line!
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The
Baseball Field Renovation & Improvement Project:
- Remove 2700 sq ft of sod in the center of the infield
- Remove 30 tons of dirt to level the infield turf
- Mix in 15 tons of topsoil, compost, and sand as a base for replacing
the old sod & adding new sod in front of mound
- Blend 55 tons of clay and baseball dirt into all the infield skin
areas
- Cutout grass areas to professional specs
- Roll turf and dirt flat & level with a 3-ton steam roller
- Build bullpens and a new infield mound
- Improve turf with 300 pounds of seed & fertilizer and top dress with
13 tons of sand
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The
Work:
First cut & remove sod, remove 60’ diameter hump in the middle of the
infield
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Start to build the
mound, level dirt, add topsoil and replace the sod
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Add/spread dirt
and clay on the infield and base paths
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Blend all dirt areas
with a tractor tiller, roll with 1 ton roller, spread seed and fertilizer;
prepare for new sod in front of the mound
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Finish infield mound,
lay new sod, finish bullpens, cleanup scraps
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Remove rocks from
dirt, roll grass with 100 lb lawn roller, first mowing. The give
it a short mowing, flatten with 1-ton roller, top dress with sand, complete
the edging.
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Finished
Project: A legit collegiate field for college play
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