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From: glf@ihuxn.UUCP (Greg Fyksen )
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Artificial Turf and Domed Statiums
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 13:30:42 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 13:30:42 1985
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Two questions that have bothered me for some time:

1.  Why can't the proper lighting be installed so that natural
grass can be used in domed statiums?  Perhaps with the inflatable
domes a roof material that passes enough light of the proper wavelength
could be used to support growth of natural grass. (Where's DuPont
when you need them? Perhaps they manufacture the A-Turf!).

2.  When artificial turf is used, why can't the entire infield
be cut out?  I know the edges can cause bad bounces, but
with a little creative thinking couldn't the turf-dirt transition
be made smoother?


Do these questions make sense to anyone but me?


Greg Fyksen
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Il

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