Should there be a standard regarding baseball fields?

CaCO3Girl10,000+ posts

I was reading this article:

http://bleacherreport.com/arti...mlbs-most-hated-turf

It highlights the problems the Blue Jays are having with their field, as well as other Major League Fields. Turf, Grass, dirt over concrete, dirt over dirt, what kind of dirt....should there be a standard regarding how a baseball field is constructed?

We all know the distance between home plate and first base is the same on every field, but the ball doesn't bounce the same on every field, even from identical hits. Should there be some standards?

9/17/152:38 PM

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