That high quality Toronto Turf

[John Taylor]

What is up with it? I could lay carpet in my house better than the turf at the Skydome Rogers Center. Not to mention every time the ball hits the turf it releases some black crap that looks like the lost souls of every HR Joe Blanton allowed.

[tomsred]

What is up with it? I could lay carpet in my house better than the turf at the Skydome Rogers Center. Not to mention every time the ball hits the turf it releases some black crap that looks like the lost souls of every HR Joe Blanton allowed.

 

 

I think the black stuff is old recycled tire rubber that's been shredded.  Many artificial grass installers use it to make the grass blades stand up, kind of like an erection.  You're right though, I think they did the bargain bin stuff from Home Depot. 

[Hollyw00d]

first time I've ever seen grass blades and erection used in the same sentence

[Dick B Back]

I think I've heard them used together in a Tull song.

[tomsred]

first time I've ever seen grass blades and erection used in the same sentence

 

I wanted to put it into terms most posters here could understand, LOL.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

first time I've ever seen grass blades and erection used in the same sentence

 

This sure is educational, isn't it?

 

Exclusively at the Rogers Centre: WienerTurf.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Vegas Halo Fan

[tomsred]

.....or self seeding turf?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

The black rubbery stuff is called crumb rubber and it's used for cushioning and shock absorbtion. A zamboni-like machine is used to vacuum it up and spread it out evenly. And people think it's toxic!

[shellback]

"If cows won't eat it, I won't play on it"

quite the guy ol Richie(dont call me dick) Allen

[Dick B Back]

Dick Allen, a name from the past. Man, that guy could hit!

I don't care how old he is, bring him in to DH and would be better than what we've got.

[shellback]

Dick Allen could flat hit. He also survived Gene Mauch- alot of guys didn't.

[Tank]

agree that it looks very low budget. i wonder why it's so discolored in areas. looks like cheap carpeting.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Tank

[AngelsSurfer]

I was wondering why the heck there seemed to be a puff of smoke every time a ball or foot hit the turf. Weird.

 

I agree that the Jays' turf seems kind of low-budget, and it drives me nuts that they don't have dirt on the base paths, but I wish we could have some (nicer) synthetic grass here in Anaheim because of the drought.

[NorCal Halo]

first time I've ever seen grass blades and erection used in the same sentence

Then you haven't read Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

[tomsred]

The black rubbery stuff is called crumb rubber and it's used for cushioning and shock absorbtion. A zamboni-like machine is used to vacuum it up and spread it out evenly. And people think it's toxic!

 

It is toxic, if you ate old ground up tires you wouldn't last long either.  It plugs up your intestines, then, well, it just explodes.