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Strip of dirt from home plate to the pitchers mound
Category: Sports and Recreation > Team Sports Asked by: damyata-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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02 Sep 2003 16:00 PDT
Expires: 02 Sep 2003 18:09 PDT Question ID: 251558 |
In older ballparks there used to be a strip of dirt running from the pitcher's mound to home plate. More recently (past 60 years, roughly) diamonds have grass surrounding the mound on all sides. When and why did this change in groundskeeping occur? Thanks. |
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Re: Strip of dirt from home plate to the pitchers mound
From: tar_heel_v-ga on 02 Sep 2003 16:10 PDT |
Interesting question. It appears no-one really knows. Ballparks resurrect a mysterious path http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/05/11/fp12s1-csm.shtml -THV |
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Re: Strip of dirt from home plate to the pitchers mound
From: damyata-ga on 02 Sep 2003 17:08 PDT |
Thanks for the link. That's just what I was looking for! Cheers, DLS |
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