Pitchers Plate

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

This sounds like a complete and total CF, not to mention an injury lawsuit waiting to happen

Can you elaborate?

With no PP to come loose and no HP to slide around, what type of injury (beyond a rug burn) might you be referring to?

Subsequent follow up: I also worked a varsity contest on the field recently. The visitors said nothing about the PP or HP.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Can you elaborate?

With no PP to come loose and no HP to slide around, what type of injury (beyond a rug burn) might you be referring to?

You can slip on the painted base instead of being able to push off it. Same with a painted PP.

You can slide past the base and spike the fielder instead of being able to use it to stop.

AND you an slide past and be tagged out instead of being able to use the base to stop.

[Tru_in_Blu]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

You can slip on the painted base instead of being able to push off it. Same with a painted PP.

You can slide past the base and spike the fielder instead of being able to use it to stop.

AND you an slide past and be tagged out instead of being able to use the base to stop.

To clarify: regular bases are used and placed on top of the turf markings.
I agree about pitcher's not being able to push off. But I will submit that a lot of girls, especially up here in the Northeast, spend a lot of time throwing in gyms and/or indoor facilities that don't have typical PPs. In fact, I think this contributes to issues with leaping once these girls get on a dirt field.
Yesterday I worked a game with "regular" field conditions. With a bit of rain that had fallen, the bases were slippery. On a first & third situation, R2 stole second without a throw. When she got to the base, she put one foot on the base and halted her motion but her foot slipped off the base and she ended up on her keester.
I don't believe spikes are allowed on turf fields, even the plastic variety. I'll have to check that next time I'm at that field.
A runner can slide by a base on dirt, although there probably is much more "grab" to a dirt field than a turf field. I can be a matter of experience knowing when to slide and how far that would take you.
Bases that end up out of position may be more difficult to deal with on a dirt field than on a turf field. If a base becomes dislodged on a turf field, runners know where the base should be as it's marked.

I've not had a lot of experience on turf fields so just seeing how all this plays out this year.

In the couple of games I've done on this field so far, I'd not describe it as anything close to a "CF".

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu

Can you elaborate?

With no PP to come loose and no HP to slide around, what type of injury (beyond a rug burn) might you be referring to?

Subsequent follow up: I also worked a varsity contest on the field recently. The visitors said nothing about the PP or HP.

Much of what I was thinking have already been listed. However, not listed was a loose, above the ground homeplate, which by its very nature could cause a number of issues, which could cause odd hops of the ball, become a projectile on a slide, could fold up and cause a trip or an injury on a slide or play...etc.

More to the point, though, is that we live in a litgious society. People would be more prone to sue a facility that does not meet specifications as laid out in the rulebook should their child be injured, than a facility that meets those specifications.