Derrick Hall: Diamondbacks will ditch grass for synthetic turf field

Oct 12 2018 by Yardbarker: Arizona Diamondbacks

Diamondbacks CEO and president Derrick Hall looked for answers over the past decade, hoping to find a solution to one of the MLB team’s biggest challenges: growing grass in a desert climate and a roofed Chase Field. Finally, with technology allowing, the D-backs will ditch their grass field and install a synthetic turf field, joining the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays as the third MLB team to make the move. “I’m a purist, I’m a traditionalist. This is something that I would...
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