Surface Conditions of Highly Maintained Baseball Fields in the Northeastern United States: Part 2, Synthetic versus Natural Turfgrass
J. T. Brosnan and A. S. McNitt
May 2008
Research
Pace is a measure of the relative velocity at which a ball travels after impacting a playing surface. Information about the pace of balls impacting highly maintained natural and synthetic turf baseball field surfaces is minimal. A survey was conducted in 2005 to document the pace and surface hardness of baseball field playing surfaces in the northeastern United States. Nine natural turfgrass baseball fields and five synthetic turf fields were evaluated.
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