In 1976, its dirt infield was also replaced with AstroTurf, except for sliding pits around the bases.
Matsui is regarded as a defensive stopper, but he played on artificial surfaces in Japan and is having difficulty with the dirt infields.
Hopefully, we won't get any snow off the lake and we've got to deal with the dirt and the grass going onto the dirt infield.
On the dirt infields common in the major leagues, he has to charge the ball more often and throw over the top.
The athletic field consisted of a cinder track with a dirt infield behind the junior high school which both the junior and senior high schools used.
D.C. United demands sod cutouts to fit seamlessly onto the dirt infield of baseball.
Couples carrying palms from Mass walked past Las Lomas Park this morning at 9:30 as teenagers played baseball inside on the dirt infield.
Of the three, only Koshien has a dirt infield.
Variations of the two-plank drag design but pulled by trucks or tractors are still used today to smooth the dirt infields of baseball diamonds.
The playing field's lush grass and dirt infield showed no bumps or undulations.