New Turf at Rogers Centre

SharoneWright · Post #1 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:00 pm

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/ar ... p&c_id=tor

Weren't the Jays the first to install 'Field Turf"?

So it looks like we've upgraded to the good old 'Astro Turf GameDay Grass 3D'... No information about whether its already in use elsewhere... Apparently its softer and will take about half the time to set up and put away. If nothing else, the name is conspicuously longer so it must be better, right?

raps4life~ · Post #2 » by **raps4life~** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:06 pm

We have a Blue Jays board. But glad their upgrading it, the old stuff was crap.

racingdynamics · Post #3 » by **racingdynamics** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:08 pm

Apparently it looks really good.

The last stuff they were using looked like a checker board - you could see the seams so easily.

SharoneWright · Post #4 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:09 pm

LOL - posted to wrong board --- can a mod pls move to BJ board. ty.

whysoserious · Post #5 » by **whysoserious** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:10 pm

Maybe they should start putting some of that money in to the team.

raps4life~ · Post #6 » by **raps4life~** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:11 pm

whysoserious wrote:Maybe they should start putting some of that money in to the team.

L3M0NAD3 · Post #7 » by **L3M0NAD3** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:46 pm

Im still waiting for them to put in an all dirt infield instead of that patches around the bases

kiz5 · Post #8 » by **kiz5** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:46 pm

It does look a lot nicer.

As I'm sure everyone has noticed, the FieldTurf that was added previously was hideous. It was fine to play on, though I was never a fan of how it felt to play baseball on, but this stuff will look better cosmetically.

This is football, but you should get the idea on the difference:

kavan · Post #9 » by **kavan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:59 pm

Well I hope we adjust to it and are defence stays solid. Hopefully its easier on the players knee's and hips. Hope this helps vernon stay healthy. Any little bit helps after a season like he had.

^^ Yea maybe we could of used some of that money to sign a top 3 rotation pitcher.

J-Roc · Post #10 » by **J-Roc** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:52 am

From what I can tell, it doesn't matter what these other fields look like, because the problem with the Rogers Centre is the turf gets messed up when they pull it up and put it back down. There's no way to know how this new turf will handle it.

Here's the announcement in 2005 about the Fieldturf.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/02/ ... 50201.html

To complete the makeover, the 16-year-old facility will have a new scoreboard to replace the once-popular JumboTron and a softer playing surface designed by Montreal-based FieldTurf Inc.

The only resemblance the new synthetic FieldTurf will have to the rock-hard AstroTurf is the dirt cut-outs around each base.

Godfrey said the team preferred this design to an all-dirt infield to maximize the efficiency of the FieldTurf as a multi-purpose system.

kavan · Post #11 » by **kavan** » Wed Mar 3, 2010 2:17 am

I dont know but arent the Argo's looking to get out of the Rogers Centre? So I wonder if the Jays will be the lone tennent well they own the place so only guys in there?

kiz5 · Post #12 » by **kiz5** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:41 pm

kavan wrote:I dont know but arent the Argo's looking to get out of the Rogers Centre? So I wonder if the Jays will be the lone tennent well they own the place so only guys in there?

Regardless of that though, the Rogers Centre will always be used as a multi-purpose facility. Concerts, Auto Show, etc. They can't depend on the income of 81 Blue Jay games, in a 365-day year.

raps4life~ · Post #13 » by **raps4life~** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:51 pm

The Argos made a bid to play at BMO Field. It was quickly rejected by the the CFL because the field is to small. They will be staying in the Rogers Center for the near future.