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From: pete@umcp-cs.UUCP (Pete Cottrell)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Artificial vs Grass
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 00:29:24 EDT
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>I wouldn't jump all over the NL.  The NL is split with 6 grass and
>6 artificial.  The AL is 8 grass and 6 artificial.  This isn't
>that great of a difference between the two leagues.
>

Hmmm, that is more than I thought, and the more I think about it, the
more I am starting to doubt it. I can only think of 
Kansas City, Toronto, and the domed stadiums (ugghh!) in Minnesota
and Seattle. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the rest are 
natural turf fields. Which netter out there can provide the definitive answer?

In any case, artificial turf sucks. Billy Martin protested the conditions
in the Humphrey Dome in a game with the Twins. He said the lights were
bad and complained about the turf. The protest was disallowed, but officials
of the dome did announce some changes in the lighting, which they said were
already in the works before the protest. In the series the Orioles played
in Minnesota, the ball was bouncing over outfielders heads for extra bases.
Pretty damn ridiculous.
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