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    MLB, MLS to share Yankee Stadium for NYCFC - April 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Posted April 15, 2014

    Yankee Stadium has hosted a few soccer matches, including a friendly between Spain and the Republic of Ireland in 2013. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

    Sharing is never easy, especially when it comes to Yankee Stadium and the needs of both a Major League Baseball and a Major League Soccer team. And while having both teams use the venue as their homeis not ideal, Murray Cook, MLBs fields and facilities coordinator, tells SI.com it is doable.

    The New York Times reportedMonday night that New York City FC will play its first three MLS seasons, starting in 2015, in Yankee Stadium, with the official announcement expected next week. With Manchester City FC and the Yankees teaming up to bring MLS to New York City, Yankee Stadium was the logical business choice for a stopgap home.

    But logistics have to work on the fieldtoo.

    Is it ideal? Cook ponders. It is not the greatest, but it works. It is doable.

    MLB and MLS seasons run concurrently, meaning stadium crews must handle 81 baseball games and at least 17 soccer games each year. Weve already seen a taste of what soccer looks like on the Yankee Stadium grass, with the 50,000-seat venue hosting four games in the last two years and another game planned for July 30 when Manchester City plays Liverpool. Without a designated width for a soccer field just parameters to fall within Yankee Stadiums baseball-first design forces a narrower pitch than typically seen. It also requires temporary grass every time soccer is played.

    With the field running from the left field wall toward the first base line foul territory, sod must cover the vast majority of infield clay. Cook says laying ready-play sod has turned commonplace.

    You literally lay it down and that day you can play on it, he says.

    Two MLB and MLS teams streamlined that practice already when the Washington Nationals and D.C. United shared RFK Stadium nearly a decade ago.

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    MLB fields coordinator: NYCFC, Yankees sharing Yankee Stadium not ideal, but doable - April 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Posted April 15, 2014

    Yankee Stadium has hosted a few soccer matches, including a friendly between Spain and the Republic of Ireland in 2013. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

    Sharing is never easy, especially when it comes to Yankee Stadium and the needs of both a Major League Baseball and a Major League Soccer team. And while having both teams use the venue as their homeis not ideal, Murray Cook, MLBs fields and facilities coordinator, tells SI.com it is doable.

    The New York Times reportedMonday night that New York City FC will play its first three MLS seasons, starting in 2015, in Yankee Stadium, with the official announcement expected next week. With Manchester City FC and the Yankees teaming up to bring MLS to New York City, Yankee Stadium was the logical business choice for a stopgap home.

    But logistics have to work on the fieldtoo.

    Is it ideal? Cook ponders. It is not the greatest, but it works. It is doable.

    MLB and MLS seasons run concurrently, meaning stadium crews must handle 81 baseball games and at least 17 soccer games each year. Weve already seen a taste of what soccer looks like on the Yankee Stadium grass, with the 50,000-seat venue hosting four games in the last two years and another game planned for July 30 when Manchester City plays Liverpool. Without a designated width for a soccer field just parameters to fall within Yankee Stadiums baseball-first design forces a narrower pitch than typically seen. It also requires temporary grass every time soccer is played.

    With the field running from the left field wall toward the first base line foul territory, sod must cover the vast majority of infield clay. Cook says laying ready-play sod has turned commonplace.

    You literally lay it down and that day you can play on it, he says.

    Two MLB and MLS teams streamlined that practice already when the Washington Nationals and D.C. United shared RFK Stadium nearly a decade ago.

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    MLB fields coordinator: NYCFC, Yankees sharing stadium not ideal, but doable - April 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Posted April 15, 2014

    Yankee Stadium has hosted a few soccer matches, including a friendly between Spain and the Republic of Ireland in 2013. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

    Sharing is never easy, especially when it comes to Yankee Stadium and the needs of both a Major League Baseball and a Major League Soccer team. And while having both teams use the venue as their homeis not ideal, Murray Cook, MLBs fields and facilities coordinator, tells SI.com it is doable.

    The New York Times reportedMonday night that New York City FC will play its first three MLS seasons, starting in 2015, in Yankee Stadium, with the official announcement expected next week. With Manchester City FC and the Yankees teaming up to bring MLS to New York City, Yankee Stadium was the logical business choice for a stopgap home.

    But logistics have to work on the fieldtoo.

    Is it ideal? Cook ponders. It is not the greatest, but it works. It is doable.

    MLB and MLS seasons run concurrently, meaning stadium crews must handle 81 baseball games and at least 17 soccer games each year. Weve already seen a taste of what soccer looks like on the Yankee Stadium grass, with the 50,000-seat venue hosting four games in the last two years and another game planned for July 30 when Manchester City plays Liverpool. Without a designated width for a soccer field just parameters to fall within Yankee Stadiums baseball-first design forces a narrower pitch than typically seen. It also requires temporary grass every time soccer is played.

    With the field running from the left field wall toward the first base line foul territory, sod must cover the vast majority of infield clay. Cook says laying ready-play sod has turned commonplace.

    You literally lay it down and that day you can play on it, he says.

    Two MLB and MLS teams streamlined that practice already when the Washington Nationals and D.C. United shared RFK Stadium nearly a decade ago.

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    Geo Zoysia Grass / Sod from Big Earth Landscape Supply in Tampa, Palmetto, Bradenton & Sarasota, FL. – Video - April 13, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder


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    A fine-bladed zoysia grass with a deep green color, Geo Sod is one of the most beautiful turf grasses you will find in a landscape. Geo has good to excellent...

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    Cost to Seed A Lawn – Video - April 13, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder


    Cost to Seed A Lawn
    Starting a lawn from seed creates a lush green turf that makes any home look like a castle. This video compares the cost of seeding a lawn yourself with hiri...

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    Reluctantly, Notre Dame will replace grass with artificial turf this fall - April 13, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame will break with tradition and replace the grass surface at the stadium known as the House Rockne Built and install artificial surface before the upcoming football season.

    Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the university would have preferred to stay with natural grass, but said field conditions in recent years made the change necessary.

    I was looking for a way to see if we could still do it, but I reached the conclusion, between the end of last season and this that we really couldnt, he said.

    Among the factors that went into the decision were the university holding commencement at the stadium in recent years, which he said has made it harder to maintain good field conditions, and a proposed $400 million construction project that call for buildings to be added on three sides with the goal of getting more use out of the facility.

    We needed to make the change now if we were going to give our student athletes the playing surface they deserve, he said.

    Swarbrick said the change could allow the stadium to be used for other events, specifically mentioning an outdoor hockey game.

    Last year the university installed new sod at the stadium four times, including twice during the season. Swarbrick said after seeing the Irish play on a torn up field on Sept. 28, Notre Dame cant have a field like we had against Oklahoma again.

    Coach Brian Kelly had said previously he wanted FieldTurf installed, but there was backlash from fans and alumni who oppose changing the traditions at Notre Dame Stadium. Kelly said after the Blue-Gold game on Saturday that the change will allow the team to practices sometimes at the stadium.

    We want to be able to get out there with our team. We want some safety issues to be not part of the equation, he said.

    He said in his four years at Notre Dame the field conditions havent been good.

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    FieldTurf to replace natural grass at ND Stadium - April 13, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    The field at Notre Dame Stadium during half time in Notre Dame's spring NCAA collegefootball game Saturday April 12, 2014 in South Bend, Ind. The Blue Gold game marks the end of spring football practice. Artificial turf will be installed at the stadium in time for the start of the upcoming football season, athletic director Jack Swarbrick said. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

    NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Artificial turf will be installed at Notre Dame Stadium in time for the start of the upcoming football season.

    Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the university wanted to stay with natural grass, but said a combination of factors including the university holding commencement at the stadium in recent years has made it harder to maintain good field conditions.

    We had a strong predisposition to stay with a natural grass field, Swarbrick said. However, the reality is that in two of the last three seasons since we moved Commencement to the Stadium we have been unable to produce an acceptable playing surface. That, combined with the likely impacts of future construction at the Stadium, led me to conclude that we would continue to struggle to maintain a grass field that meets the expectations of our student-athletes and fans as it relates to appearance, performance and safety.

    Last year the university installed new sod at the stadium three times, including once in the middle of the season. Coach Brian Kelly had said previously he wanted FieldTurf installed.

    I think everybody is in agreement, if we could get the best surface there in grass, wed love to have that," Kelly said Saturday following the Blue Gold game. "We just havent been able to get to that. This is my fifth year here at Notre Dame and we havent been able to get to that, and this is the best option available to us.

    The university announced during its spring Blue-Gold game Saturday that installation of FieldTurf will begin after the commencement ceremony on May 18 and should be completed by Aug. 15.

    The Irish open the season Aug. 30 at home against Rice.

    Of NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision programs in the Midwest and Northeast portions of the United States (states of Nebraska and Kansas and east; states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia and north), 37 of those 47 stadiums (.787) feature some form of artificial turf. That number includes all 13 Mid-American Conference facilities and 10 of 14 Big Ten Conference fields (including Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin).

    FieldTurf fields already are in use at Notre Dame at the LaBar Practice Complex (two practice fields used by the Notre Dame football squad), the Loftus Sports Center (a new football field was installed following the 2013 season in the Irish indoor football facility thats also used by other Notre Dame squads), Arlotta Stadium (for mens and womens lacrosse) and Stinson Rugby Field (dedicated last fall).

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    Notre Dame to replace grass with artificial turf - April 13, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Notre Dame will replace its stadium's grass with FieldTurf at the beginning of the upcoming season.

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    SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Artificial turf will be installed at Notre Dame Stadium in time for the start of the upcoming football season.

    Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the university wanted to stay with natural grass, but said a combination of factors including the university holding commencement at the stadium in recent years has made it harder to maintain good field conditions.

    Last year the university installed new sod at the stadium three times, including once in the middle of the season. Coach Brian Kelly had said previously he wanted FieldTurf installed.

    The university announced during its spring Blue-Gold game Saturday that installation of FieldTurf will begin after the commencement ceremony on May 18 and should be completed by Aug. 15.

    The Irish open the season Aug. 30 at home against Rice.

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    Kansas Grass Fires Seen from Space - April 10, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    A new satellite image shows grass fires scattered like seeds across the Kansas prairie.

    And in fact, these fires are a bit like seeds, in that they are a crucial part of the prairie ecosystem.

    "We cant have prairie without fire," Jason Hartman of the Kansas Forest Service told NASA's Earth Observatory, which released the satellite image today (April 9).

    The Flint Hills of eastern Kansas are the site of most of the remaining tallgrass prairie in the United States. These rippling grasslands represent only 4 percent of the 170 million acres (688,000 square kilometers) that once blanketed the plains. The flint rock of eastern Kansas kept early farmers from tilling the land and saved the grass, according to the state's Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. [Images: The Unexpected Beauty of Tallgrass Prairie]

    The prairies evolved to flourish after lightning-sparked fires, a fact humans have long taken advantage of. The Native Americans who once hunted this region lit fires to burn off dead vegetation, encouraging new growth that attracted bison and other large game. Modern ranchers also use controlled burns to clear soil for younger, more nutritious plants for their cattle, Earth Observatory reported.

    Spring is controlled fire season at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. According to the National Park Service, prescribed burning was going on March 28th and March 29th, 2014. This image, snapped by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, was acquired March 31. Red areas are burn scars from recent fires.

    Tallgrass prairies may seem dull and undifferentiated to the untrained eye, but they're actually a complex and diverse ecosystem. About 80 percent of prairie vegetation is grass (40 to 60 species), with the remainder made up of more than 300 species of wildflowers, plus trees, scrubs and lichens, according to Live Science's Our Amazing Planet. The roots of these plants form tangles deep in the prairie sod, enabling early settlers to cut bricks from the soil. And these plant communities support more than 400 species of birds, 53 species of reptiles and 28 species of amphibians.

    In March, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed one of these species, the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) on its list of threatened wildlife. The prairie chicken, actually a grouse, is identifiable by its yellow head and red, puffy neck. It has lost more than 80 percent of its habitat to human development, including ranching, wild farms and oil and gas drilling.

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    Senate OKs Ban On Genetically Modified Lawn Seed - April 10, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Legislation to ban the sale or use of genetically modified lawn seed in Connecticut won state Senate approval Wednesday even though GMO grass isn't expected to be available here for at least one to two years.

    The bill had the strong support of the Senate's top Democratic leader, Donald Williams Jr. of Brooklyn. But the legislation now heads to the House, where it faces opposition from that chamber's top Democrat, House Speaker Brendan Sharkey of Hamden, a fact likely to derail the bill.

    Questions about what the House would do with the GMO seed ban didn't deter its Senate supporters, nor did claims by critics that such a prohibition was premature and unsupported by scientific evidence. The bill passed the Senate on a mostly party-line 25-11 vote, with three Republicans voting in favor.

    Advocates of the ban warned that use of the herbicide- and pesticide-resistant GMO grass seed would encourage homeowners and businesses to use far more potentially harmful weed-killing chemicals on their lawns.

    "One of the great threats to us in this country today is the invasion of pesticides," said state Sen. Edward Meyer, D-Guilford. He said allowing the use of GMO seeds in this state would result in the use of "huge quantities of pesticides" because homeowners could spread those chemicals all over their lawns without damaging the grass.

    Williams said the GMO seeds being developed by Monsanto and Scott's make the grass resistant to the popular weed-killer Roundup. The primary herbicide in Roundup is glyphosate, which some studies have linked to a variety of pollution and health problems.

    "All of the organic farmers I've talked to are wildly in favor of this [ban]," Williams said. He explained the great fear of organic farmers is that the GMO grass could spread to their properties and crops, while environmentalists worry about the pollution effects of increased herbicide use.

    Opponents of the ban said the scientific evidence is unclear on GMO grass and that there is the possibility that it could result in less use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.

    Senate Republican Leader John McKinney of Fairfield urged lawmakers to adopt a two-year moratorium on the sale of GMO seed rather than an outright ban. He said the state should "take a more cautious approach" and require further study before enacting a ban.

    The Senate rejected McKinney's proposal on a 23-13 vote.

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