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Field Maintenance

Teams are responsible for making sure the fields are maintained during the season.  Field Maintenance takes place every Sunday from 9-11 am.  

Below are guidelines to preparing/breaking down the fields and putting equipment away:

Preparing the fields:  

  • Before painting the base lines, water the lanes (between home and 1st and home and 3rd) and home plate area.  By doing this, the paint will better adhere to the dirt and we use less spray paint which can get expensive.     
  • Make sure the top of the rubber on the pitching mound is flush with the dirt so players have an even pitching level. 
  • When the water is working, it's a great idea to water the infield dirt from 1st to 3rd.

Breakdown the fields:

  • When using the sweep drag, please stay 6 inches away from the grass.  
  • Make sure the base lines are raked as well.
  • Remove any build up of dirt on the grass 
  • Fill in ANY holes at home plate and the pitching mound.  
  • Make sure the dirt on the pitching mound is back to being flush with the top of the rubber.  

When putting equipment away:

  • Make sure that you return any equipment to the right place in the field maintenance room to maintain safe access to equipment for others.  
  • Store the tops of the removable bases on the shelves in the field maintenance area.
  •  The paint marker machines should go in the field maintenance room.

Below are the guidelines when performing field maintenance on Sundays:

Foal Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Use the rototiller around home plate to make a batter’s box
3. Use the rototiller around each base
4. Mow the grass on the infield
5. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster

 

Shetland Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Mow the grass on the infield and outfield
3. Mow the grass on the entrance to the fields
4. Remove any grass that is growing in the dirt 
5. Cut the roses and weeds in the planter boxon your side
6. Sweep out both dugouts and around the bleachers
7. Fix any sunshades that has come down
8. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster
9. Light water on the field

 

Pinto Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Mow the grass on the infield and outfield
3. Mow the grass on the entrance to the fields
4. Remove any grass that is growing in the dirt 
5. Cut the roses and weeds in the planter box on your side
6. Fix any sunshades that has come down
7. Sweep out both dugouts and around the bleachers
8. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster
9. Fix Home and Visitor bull pin pitching mound
10. Mow the grass on the Home and Visitor bull pin
11. Light water on the field

 

Mustang Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Mow the grass on the infield and outfield
3. Remove any grass that is growing in the dirt
4. Sweep out both dugouts and around the bleachers
5. Fix any sunshades that has come down
6. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster
7. Fix Home and Visitor bull pin pitching mound
8. Mow the grass on the Home and Visitor bull pin
9. Light water on the field

 

Bronco Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Mow the grass on the infield and outfield
3. Remove any grass that is growing in the dirt
4. Sweep out both dugouts and around the bleachers
5. Fix any sunshades that has come down
6. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster
7. Fix Home and Visitor bull pin pitching mound
8. Mow the grass on the Home and Visitor bull pin
9. Light water on the field

 

Pony Field – work scope

1. Use the weed eater around the fence line inside and outside
2. Mow the grass on the infield and outfield
3. Remove any grass that is growing in the dirt
4. Sweep out both dugouts and around the bleachers
5. Fix any sunshades that has come down
6. Pick up grass clippings and throw away in the dumpster
7. Fix Home and Visitor bull pin pitching mound
8. Mow the grass on the Home and Visitor bull pin
9. Light water on the field

If you have any other questions, please stop me and I'd be more than happy to answer anything.

Thanks for all of your help in keeping the integrity of our fields up to the best that they can be.