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Old Thu Feb 14, 2019, 09:25pm
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I'm amazed that baseball can be played in Tennessee in mid February. We'll be buried under snow until April, maybe May.
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Old Fri Feb 15, 2019, 10:31am
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I'm amazed that baseball can be played in Tennessee in mid February. We'll be buried under snow until April, maybe May.

He is umpiring college softball.

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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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Old Fri Feb 15, 2019, 04:34pm
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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.

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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Old Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:16pm
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A triple-header on Friday! They must be short of umpires for college softball in that area.
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