M Baseball and Softball getting new turf put in
Mr. Wilpon is helping out the softball and baseball teams once again. New turf to be put in and the thinking here is that this new turf will allow the teams to play more throughout the year.
Story: The benefits of being able to get outside and practice baseball in snow and after a rain storm are outstanding," Bakich said. "To be able to plow a turf field when there's snow on the ground everywhere else and to be able to practice if the weather is all right outside, and to have a torrential downpour and then be able to be playing 15 minutes later because the drainage system is so well done, for us in the Midwest it's an absolute no-brainer.
September 13th, 2013 at 10:01 AM ^
4:29 of this video has a little feature on it as well.
September 13th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
Were they watering astro-turf during one of the shots behind the reporter?
September 13th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
to make sure nobody is laying in the weeds, maybe trying to find the threat. Can't have any undesirables on campus at the same time as Hand.
September 13th, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
New scoreboard recently installed as well:
One of the best video/scoreboards in the country almost done! #Team148 pic.twitter.com/zFp5S4RXY4
— Erik Bakich (@ErikBakich) September 2, 2013
September 13th, 2013 at 10:32 AM ^
September 13th, 2013 at 10:49 AM ^
But will THIS videoboard actually work!?
September 13th, 2013 at 11:00 AM ^
Well, at least the score and other vital info will always be displayed in the non-videoboard portion.
September 13th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
I would hate to play on turf, but it almost seems this is what the northern schools have to do. I played at Cincinnati and Louisville on turf and it sucks.
September 13th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
September 13th, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
Yes, it was approved long ago (and there was a thread about it then), but the installation is happening right now, which is why it's back in the "news."
EDIT: Also, the Wilpon family financing this was not (as far as I know) publicly revealed before.
September 13th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
September 13th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
Watch the full interview with Coach Bakich on the upgrades to Fisher Stadium. http://t.co/5Wt1i9iXZi
— Michigan Baseball (@umichbaseball) September 13, 2013
September 13th, 2013 at 6:40 PM ^
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