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Sod it all? Rhinos ponder turf dilemma
Team will decide whether to cover up dirt infield before next match
Jeff DiVeronica
Democrat and Chronicle
(June 29, 2003) — To sod or not to sod, that is the question.
The Rhinos will decide in the next few days whether to use sod over the dirt baseball infield for Friday’s match against Toronto, which will be seen nationally on Fox Sports World. For all but a few matches over the past six years, the soccer team paid about $7,000 to have sod laid over the infield. That was for mostly aesthetic reasons.
But this season, to keep wear and tear on the infield at a minimum during the conversion and to save some money, the Rhinos decided not to use the sod every match. It has been used only for the May 2 opener.
Rochester general manager Chris Economides estimates the team has saved about $24,000 by not using the sod every match.
“We want to get some more feedback from the players,” he said. “My opinion is (the field) plays truer without (the sod). You get a truer bounce. Plus I’m always on pins and needles thinking someone is going to slip.”
But after Saturday night’s 2-0 win over Montreal, Rhinos Temoc Suarez, Kirk Wilson and Scott Schweitzer said they prefer the sodded field.
“Tonight half of the (infield) was mud and half of it was hard,” Wilson said.
Said Schweitzer, “With the sod, at least you know you’re going to get a bad bounce. With the dirt you don’t know.”
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Sod it all? Rhinos ponder turf dilemma
Team will decide whether to cover up dirt infield before next match
Jeff DiVeronica
Democrat and Chronicle
(June 29, 2003) — To sod or not to sod, that is the question.
The Rhinos will decide in the next few days whether to use sod over the dirt baseball infield for Friday’s match against Toronto, which will be seen nationally on Fox Sports World. For all but a few matches over the past six years, the soccer team paid about $7,000 to have sod laid over the infield. That was for mostly aesthetic reasons.
But this season, to keep wear and tear on the infield at a minimum during the conversion and to save some money, the Rhinos decided not to use the sod every match. It has been used only for the May 2 opener.
Rochester general manager Chris Economides estimates the team has saved about $24,000 by not using the sod every match.
“We want to get some more feedback from the players,” he said. “My opinion is (the field) plays truer without (the sod). You get a truer bounce. Plus I’m always on pins and needles thinking someone is going to slip.”
But after Saturday night’s 2-0 win over Montreal, Rhinos Temoc Suarez, Kirk Wilson and Scott Schweitzer said they prefer the sodded field.
“Tonight half of the (infield) was mud and half of it was hard,” Wilson said.
Said Schweitzer, “With the sod, at least you know you’re going to get a bad bounce. With the dirt you don’t know.”