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Originally posted by 14ontheback-WOS:
i have no idea why but at my highschool baseball field. there is so much extra dirt. like once you start playing it just turns into a sand pit. makes it hard to steal takes bad hops. any tips? i wanna focus on playing not if i'm gonna trip stealing second haha.
I don’t quite understand what you mean. It sounds like what you’re saying, is that the IF dirt doesn’t remained “clumped” together like slightly damp soil would if you tried to make a ball out of it, but rather is more like the consistency of sandbox sand, where nothing you can do will make it stick together.
Chances are, the IF dirt has way too much sand or brick dust in it, and not nearly enough clay. Combine that with not being watered very deeply once the field is “dressed” before the game, and you end up with pretty much what you described.
The only answer I know of that will FIX the problem, is to change the ratio of sad/brick dust to clay. IOW, mix in more clay. Unfortunately, that can be a very expensive and labor intensive thing to do. One way to make it better. Is to use more water prior to the game, and dampen it again during the game.
