Baseball and Softball Fields - Design, Construction, Renovation and Maintenance (Hardcover)

Complete guidelines and specifications for designing, building, and maintaining baseball and softball fields

Baseball and Softball Fields is a hands-on tool for everyone responsible for the maintenance and management of baseball and softball facilities, including new construction and reconstruction projects. Packed with in-depth material on the design, construction, and maintenance of baseball and softball fields, this practical resource offers real-world knowledge from industry experts, including Major League groundskeepers. Other useful information includes guidelines, specifications, and tips for keeping playing fields in top-notch condition.

Leading professionals demonstrate the proven techniques and best practices they use year after year to overcome common problems, from cosmetic fixes for damaged turfgrass to spot drainage systems for wet spots on a field. Written in nontechnical language that professionals can quickly understand, the step-by-step guidelines in this book can be swiftly implemented without any background in field design, turfgrass management, or soil science. From recreational fields to state-of-the-art stadiums, coverage addresses a variety of useful topics for a broad range of ballparks, including:

• Stadium and field design
• Fences, dugouts, and bullpens
• Drainage and irrigation
• Soil selection
• Turf management
• Field aesthetics
• Renovation
• Skinned-area maintenance

With material addressing all three growing zones in North America–the warm season, the transitional, and the cool season–Baseball and Softball Fields is a potent resource for builders, managers, and groundskeepers of all types of baseball and softball fields.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	J Puhalla
Dimensions:	262 x 187 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-471-44793-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Sporting venues Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
LSN:	0-471-44793-5
Barcode:	9780471447931

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