Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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This is what I do. However, I have the girls get our rakes and pull the dirt/dredge back from the grass all around the diamond. When you do this pattern, keep in mind that you have to watch the pitching rubber. We have the big block rubber so we don't have a problem. If you have the pitching rubber that is held in place by pegs, you might be redoing the rubber.We had the buildings & grounds guy from a huge nearby school district (20+ fields) come to our rec league once to give coaches a primer on field maintenance. He said doing the circles outward from the pitching rubber was the most common way of dragging, but also the worst. It basically deposits all the dirt around the outside edge, creating the dreaded lip.
He recommended a figure eight pattern. Stole these from groundskeeperu.com:
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Right now, we have a new grounds person who jumped onto our diamond and must have gone as fast as he could throwing the dirt from the diamond onto the grass. It is a huge mess. For anyone doing the diamond, keep in mind that slower is better. Your tires can cut groves into the ground that will make groundballs jump and those areas will hold water when it rains.