But like every road to greatness creating the perfect surface took time and patience.
Artificial turf baseball field.
Or convert the entire diamond.
Whether its football soccer baseball rugby or any other sport fieldturf fields provide athletes with the safety and performance they need to perform at their best while giving field owners the durability they want to maximize the value of their investment.
Artificial turf was first used in major league baseball in the houston astrodome in 1966 replacing the grass field used when the stadium opened a year earlier.
True bounces natural speed and realistic sliding distances are required for a quality synthetic turf baseball system.
Design an artificial turf baseball system that replicates the best ballparks in america.
On a limited budget.
Even though the grass was specifically bred for indoor use the dome s semi transparent lucite ceiling panels which had been painted white to cut down on glare that bothered the players did not pass enough sunlight to support the grass.
Any synthetic turf will allow baseball programs to start practice earlier in the year and avoid rainouts.
But astroturf s diamond series provides the most naturally playing surface on the market.
When we designed the fieldturf doubleplay series our goal was simple.
Go all synthetic and virtually eliminate maintenance.