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| Sept. 29, 2015 Reggie44 Men's 50 43 posts | Outfield conditions a BLD Just finished up playing in the 55 Majors at Big League Dreams. Great place to play against awesome competion. Can anything be done about the outfield playing conditions. The outfield grass in the areas where the defensive players stand were in horrible condition. Foot wide divits and dirt hard as concrete. Some areas had 2 ft. wide pools of water. You would think that these areas would be repaired before a big tourney like this. It wasn't just 1 field it was all of them. Some worse than others. They would not allow the infields to be like this. Hey fellow outfielders did you feel the same? Brad Edginton (Reg 27) S.I. 55 RMT |
| Oct. 1, 2015 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | We played there Monday through Wednesday and I really enjoyed it the outfield looked good but I'm an infielder 😁. Our only complaint was the misters in the dugout soaked everything. |
| Oct. 1, 2015 curveball Men's 65 705 posts | Like Bruce, played there Mon thru Wed, I play the extra fielder position, didn't see any problems on the fields we were on, nor did I hear any of our outfielders complain about that type of problem. |
| Oct. 1, 2015 STL0 Men's 60 231 posts | Last year, the Dodger Stadium field was really the only one in bad shape. Right field there had no grass and hard dirt which made for some pretty crazy hops when balls were hit that way. It sounds like they have let them go downhill a bit from last year based on what Reggie44 is stating. |
| Oct. 1, 2015 DaveDowell Men's 70 4317 posts | Or maybe the general drought conditions in the West are having an effect ... |
| Oct. 2, 2015 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | My team has played at several Big League Dreams complexes in the past couple of years, and my overall impression is that they are having trouble earning a profit and thus prices keep going up for entry, captive audience food quality is not too good, fewer employees in the food area means slow service, and grounds maintenance suffers. This is most obvious in parks with natural turf outfields where mud holes can develop. On artificial infields, there can be maintenance issues in front of second and third base, especially, where younger users slide, and the pitcher's area can suffer from repeated usage. That said, we had no outfield issues with the BLD fields we played on in Vegas. The dugout misters were a nice touch and kept the dugouts remarkably cool for 100+ heat. The only issue was that in one dugout, more than half of the mister heads malfunctioned and dripped water instead of misting and resulted in a dangerously slippery condition when stepping up out of the dugout. More than one of us slipped (no injury though). I've seen much worse field conditions in other BLD than in Vegas, but it is irritating when you pay an extra $100 for field entry (including the women fans) above the expensive team entry fees and the fields are not in top shape. Arroyo Grande fields were marvelous! Well maintained; great infields, nice fencing. Not enough shade in dugouts and pitching rubber set at 53 feet so ump had to watch carefully both front (allowed for 50 foot distance) and back. |
| Oct. 10, 2015 Pgh Yinzer Men's 60 27 posts | I was live in Vegas when BLD opened and they were great fields.. I moved to Fla. 18 months ago and when I went back to Vegas to play WM torun I was really disappointed when I saw how bad the outfields were.. No reason for it with the prices they pay to play leagues and what they charge for ltourn. JMO |
| Oct. 11, 2015 swing for the fences Men's 50 1224 posts | We played there two weeks ago.. it was in good shape... I saw no divots or any problems in the OF... I expected to see these problems, however I must admit, it was in good shape. |
