Grass Basepaths

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by MRD

what is your opinion of grass basepaths between home and 1st and home and 3rd on a LL Baseball field? I am getting tired of trying to keep the dirt off the edges.

Why are you spending even the briefest second trying to keep the dirt off the edges?

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Why are you spending even the briefest second trying to keep the dirt off the edges?

As an umpire who cares.

As a groundskeeper, it builds up and makes the basepath a trough which then holds water instead of draining.