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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having grown up in DC with (bad) grass fields and now seeing kids playing on the artificial turf fields, it is night and day. Teams can play in almost any rain conditions, and can play through the winter. Gone are the bumps and divots.

I love grass fields. I hate how hot turf gets, and it does change the way games are played. But the only grass fields that I have seen remain in very good shape over the years are at private schools (e.g. sidwell and stone ridge) or regulated facilities such as soccerplex. DC's remaining public grass fields get torn up quickly.

The lafayette fight was silly but I don't mind it staying as it is, as pathetic as the "grass" is. It's an elementary school play area, with a baseball diamond attached. If it is mostly a dirt bowl, so what.

The Maret fight, on the other hand, is nimby city. This will be a great perk for athletes and kids in the neighborhood, and of course if people were really convinced of the dangers of these surfaces they would be protesting every soccer league and school in the city. [/quote]

I generally agree.  But that grass field at Sidwell is horrible for baseball.  It’s so bad it actually gives the home team a competitive advantage because most teams are not used to playing on such a mess of a surface. [/quote]

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