For the first time ever, a Major League matchup was played at historic Bowman Field. On Aug. 20, the Pittsburgh Pirates played the St. Louis Cardinals at the 91-year-old Minor League facility, BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field, located in Williamsport, Pa. The Pirates pulled off the win in the final game in a four-game set. Leading up to the... read more
The Tampa Bay Rays are kicking off the 2017 season in style with the installation of new turf at Tropicana Field. The Rays teamed with Shaw Sports Turf on a new TruHop Triple Crown synthetic turf system. To meet the Rays performance requirements, Shaw Sports Turf developed a surface which features a combination of monofilament fibers, slit film fibers and... read more
The Topgolf experience is headed to Seattle Mariner’s Safeco Field Feb. 17-20. The limited time event, named Topgolf Crush, is a point-scoring golf game in which players will hit golf balls from the stands into targets in the outfield. How it will work Players will hit a golf ball into one of 6 targets ranging from 40 to 150 yards... read more
In a better world sports field managers would have a robot bring them a drink and then paint all of the lines of any sports field you can think of without assistance. Well, for those turf professionals willing to make the investment there’s a machine that is on its way to doing one of those things. Bad news, they’re still... read more
The Tampa Bay Rays are planning to install new artificial turf at Tropicana Field, according to a recent article in the Tampa Bay Times. The new surface — developed by Shaw Sports Turf, pending final contract details — will have a similar fiber blade and rubber infill as the current AstroTurf, installed in 2011, the article went on to say. Improvements... read more
