LM Week in Review: Athletic Turf

OSU experts give graphic advice on mower blade sharpening

Bad grass. Good grass. Source: OSU Sports Turf Notes

COLUMBUS, OH -- June 13, 2002 -- Matt Williams and Doug Gallant, graduates
of The Ohio State
University Sports Turf Program, have posted an illustrated guide to
blade sharpening on the Sports Notes site.

The authors say a high school baseball coach and field manager asked
for their help, thinking his turf was damaged by red thread. After observing
a white coloration in the outfield, Gallant and Williams decided the major
problem was dull mower blades. The grass was torn rather than cut.

The step-by-step how-to includes color pictures.

Williams and Gallant are with the Cincinnati Reds Cinergy
Field (formerly Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium).

Interested in facility design? Check out Ballparks.com

SILICON VALLEY, CA -- June 21, 2002 -- While it's not strictly na "athletic
turf" site, athletic turf managers will want to book mark Ballparks.com
for fun and reference.

The site contains pictures, facts and histories of baseball, basketball,
football, hockey, Olympic and soccer fields and stadiums in the U.S. and
Canada, including design drawings of future facilities. The site was in
1996 as a labor of love and is still maintained by its cofounders, Corey
Suppes and Paul Munsey,

The duo says the site gets millions of visitors a month.

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