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Originally Posted by ilyazhito
Baseball and softball both have similar issues in terms of playability, because baseball and softball fields are made of the same materials, dirt and grass/sod. More so for softball, because the entire infield is dirt.
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This is the Civil Engineering in me speaking. The Infield is made of soil, a naturally occurring engineered material. Dirt is what gets under one's finger nails.
And now-a-days, many college softball fields and some baseball fields are made of artificial turf.
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