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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Dest, William M |
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| Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut, Connecticut |
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| Title: | [Hardness in baseball infields] |
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| Column Name: | Letter from America
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| Section: | News
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Bulletin. Vol. 218, October 2002, p. 28. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Baseball fields; Skinned areas; Surface hardness; Clegg impact test; Soil moisture; Bulk density; Playability
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the playing quality of baseball infields and tests the soil for hardness using a Clegg Impact Soil Tester. Describes how the hardness of the soil and frictional resistance contributed to skinned infields and emphasizes the importance of not substituting quantitative analysis with perception. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Dest, W. M. 2002. [Hardness in baseball infields]. Int. Turfgrass Bull. 218:p. 28. |
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