Staff members from the Quad-Cities River Bandits and Clinton LumberKings as well as a crew from Milan-based Bush Sports Turf worked Monday to help bring the “Dreams’’ to life again. Through a cooperative effort organized by Minor League Baseball, they joined representatives from two other Iowa minor-league baseball teams in helping repair the playing surface at the Field of Dreams site near Dyersville, Iowa. Ruts up to four inches...
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About an hour after the Royals’ season finale Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, a group of grounds crew members grabbed a golf club and put a pin in center field. This wasn’t some end-of-the-season fun. Head groundskeeper Trevor Vance let them do it because the Royals are replacing the field for the first time since 1994. And if you believe that’s just a matter of replacing the grass, think again. “This is a massive overhaul,” Vance said....
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DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) – An international champions cup match-up has Comerica Park field undergoing a transformation. Vice President Comerica Park operations, Mike Healy, is thrilled to host the first soccer match at Comerica. “We are really excited to be able to showcase international soccer in Detroit.” But getting a baseball field to a soccer field, is challenging. “We had to lower the pitcher’s...
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DETROIT – Comerica Park underwent surgery Monday as crews fixed and modified the sod on the field to accommodate a major soccer exhibition match. About 40 percent of the field needed to be replaced after the outfield grass was torn up during a Metallica concert and heavy rains. VIDEO: Comerica Park grass damaged after Metallica concert The damaged sod is being replaced and expanded into the infield to accommodate...
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DETROIT — Comerica Park underwent quite a transformation over the past week, from a concert venue to a baseball stadium to a soccer pitch. In its latest form, the park hosted a 2-1 win (penalty kicks) for Paris Saint-Germain over AS Roma in an exhibition game on Wednesday. It was the first professional soccer match in the history of Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, and part of the fifth-annual International Champions...
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