March 2015 green TM media OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SPORTSTURF MANAGERS ASSOCIATION STARTING LINEUP March 2015 | Volume 31 | Number 3 FEATURES Field Science 8 Advice on building and maintaining pitching mounds 14 Controlling Poa annua in sports turf 20 Preparing your baseball fields for play this spring The Interview 24 Our first installment of this new series: Mike Schiller, CSFM Facilities & Operations 30 Snow vs. baseball: one turf manager’s story 32 Warning tracks: material selection, construction and maintenance 14 Irrigation & Drainage 34 Soccer field partnership pays off 36 Update on irrigation controllers Field of the Year 38 STMA 2014 College Baseball Field of the Year: Georgia Tech Tools & Equipment 42 STMA Innovative Award winner: GT Air Inject/Air2G2 DEPARTMENTS 6 From the Sidelines 7 STMA President's Message 23 John Mascaro’s Photo Quiz 45 STMA in Action 32 47 STMA Chapter Contacts 48 Marketplace 49 Advertisers' Index 50 Q&A SportsTurf is also available digitally, for more information on how to get the digital edition, see www.sportsturfonline.com. What’s Online: On the cover: 2014 Sports Turf Managers Association’s College Baseball Field of the Year is Chandler Stadium at Georgia Tech. Sports turf managers Jon DeWitt, CSFM, and Chris May overcame severe weather challenges to produce one of the nation’s best playing surfaces in Atlanta. 34 4 SportsTurf | March 2015 www.sportsturfonline.com EPG Media & Specialty Information 3300 Fernbrook Lane N, POSITIVE COACHING Suite 200, Plymouth, MN 55447 The Official Publication Of FOR STAFF The Sports Turf Managers Association Eric Schroder Editorial Director
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