It takes time to achieve perfection, but Bill Lee believes he may have achieved it with a lightweight, portable pitching mound. Lee, the longtime commissioner of the 14-team Frontier League (which includes teams such as the Traverse City Beach Bums, the River City Rascals and the Washington Wild Things), observed as teams in the league made the switch to natural... read more
Brock International filed a lawsuit asserting six United States Patents on turf underlayment systems against Nexxfield based on Nexxfield’s NexxPAD shock pad for artificial turf, Brock said in a recent press release. Brock has commercialized the patents in its Performance Base F Series, PowerBase Pro and PowerBase YSR products. A United States Patent gives its owner the right to prevent... read more
The sun is certainly shining in Wrigleyville. After all, the Chicago Cubs have the best record in baseball. For Chicago Cubs Head Groundskeeper Justin Spillman, he’s not only excited about the fast start for the home team, but also the home field. With a mild winter in Chicago this year, the turf woke up nicely. Two years ago they had... read more
Flexibility has become second nature to the Minnesota Vikings Head Sports Turf Manager Grant Davisson. Between sharing a home stadium and maintaining the franchise’s three separate facilities in Minnesota’s extreme seasonal weather, Davisson’s days are never identical. Davisson started working for the Vikings in 2000 as a crewmember and was offered a full-time position as the turf assistant in 2004.... read more
After a chemical mishap destroyed their home field, the senior football players for the Green Wave of St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin, Ill., were forced to play the last month and a half of their final season on the road. Fortunately, Scotts Miracle-Gro stepped in to ensure the underclassmen don’t face the same fate. As part of... read more
