Pitch conditions

[New York Red]

The pitches have never looked as in great nick as they do now. I know that agronomic practices are light years better than they were twenty or even ten years ago. But these pitches are all absolutely pristine. It doesn't seem to matter who the team is. I can remember a few decades ago that they were all massive mud baths particularly in the goalmouths. I can even remember in the last ten years at Stamford Bridge when it seemed to be a whole pitch of a mud and sand mix.

 

Are they totally grass now or are they some kind of turf hybrid?

[Cam]

Ours is poor (well, it looks great compared to pitches of yesteryear but by today's standards). It had a ten-year lifespan but was due to be replaced five or six years back. I haven't decided who to blame for this - Hicks & Gillett, Ayre or Hodgson.

 

Feck it, I'm blaming Moreno.

[Ethan]

Ours is poor alright

[New York Red]

The Baseball Ground was notoriously bad.

 

[John am Rhein]

Lol, try playing baseball on THAT

[New York Red]

The shortstop would be having a heart attack.

[cymrococh]

Swansea keep winning awards for their pitch, I think most of them have some astroturf mixed in these days, but not at Swansea.

[Hassony]

Lol, try playing baseball on THAT

 

[Nathan Explosion]

The shortstop would be having a heart attack.

 

Who?

[Duncan Disorderly]

Was our pitch supposed to be replaced last summer, or is it this summer. It's not good.

[John am Rhein]

Who?

No, I Don't Give A Darn

[Nathan Explosion]

[New York Red]

Who?

 

 

Roy McFarland maybe.

[John am Rhein]

Maybe's right field

[Nathan Explosion]

Roy McFarland maybe.

 

[New York Red]

True. He looks like he might have been a whiffer. Kevin Hector would have been a more reliable contact hitter.

[John am Rhein]

Might have been's a pinch hitter for what in the bottom of the 7th