JOHN MASCARO ’ S PHOTO QUIZ
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This incident occurred when the person who submitted the photo was working at a college in the southeastern United States . On this baseball fi eld , they hosted a travel baseball tournament over a weekend and the assistant manager of athletic fi elds told the coaches he couldn ’ t paint the foul lines in until the morning of the fi rst game . One of the graduate assistants took it upon himself to “ help out ” by preparing the fi eld the night before to save time in the morning . Since there were no lines in the grass , he just guessed where the foul line would meet the dirt and painted this line with aerosol paint on the infi eld . The next day , after the crew had a good laugh , they raked the line out and re-dragged the infi eld and base path . After watering in the dirt , they ran a string to the correct spot and had him repaint the line . The issue was fi xed prior to the teams showing up for the fi rst game of the tournament , and nobody knew it had even happened . If you noticed the blue line , this is an additional line they would paint 10 yards off the foul line for players to warm up on , so they don ’ t destroy the foul line . To spread the wear , they would also move the blue line for each tournament .
Photo submitted by Tyler Cornish , associate director of stadium operations at Prasco Park in Mason , Ohio . Photo is from his previous position in the southeastern United States .
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro ’ s Photo Quiz , please send a high-resolution digital photo to John Mascaro via email at john @ turf-tec . com . If your photograph is selected , you will receive full credit . All photos submitted will become property of SportsField Management magazine and the Sports Field Management Association .
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