\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/09/12/its-bottom-ninth-raiders-games-baseball-field/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 My, how things have progressed. Every team will have their own playground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Good! Now let's work on eliminating artificial turf, at least in outdoor stadiums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: Good! Now let's work on eliminating artificial turf, at least in outdoor stadiums. The new turfs are pretty similar to real grass and nothing like the carpeted cement they used to have back in the 80s and 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 6 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, HOUSE said: 6 Yeah! Final score 9-7! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17years&waiting Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I'm not a huge fan of the move towards indoor stadiums that resemble shopping malls more than football stadiums. Having said that, I've always hated the infield look at the baseball/football stadiums. Particularly when playing Miami on grass for years and years. I won't miss this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Thank goodness. Such a bad look to have teams worth billions playing on dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCity Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Nextmanup said: Good! Now let's work on eliminating artificial turf, at least in outdoor stadiums. No thanks. This isn't the 1970s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Great! The last of the dual sports stadiums is coming to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I grew up watching the old AFL in the mid-60’s and most of the stadiums were dual purpose. A “football only” stadium is the only way to go. Prefer outdoors and grass when practical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Watching football for decades, and I am in full agreement... no more baseball/football combo fields. In addition in it being ugly and creating an uneven playing surface, it places the modern athlete in even more of a position to get a serious injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Boo!!!! I love the baseball field in Oakland; I've been watching football games on that field for 45 years. Come on A's!! Let's keep baseball season going!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Bob in STL said: I grew up watching the old AFL in the mid-60’s and most of the stadiums were dual purpose. A “football only” stadium is the only way to go. Prefer outdoors and grass when practical. Not the lovely rockpile. Bills played on mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, KD in CA said: Boo!!!! I love the baseball field in Oakland; I've been watching football games on that field for 45 years. Come on A's!! Let's keep baseball season going!! The A's are in a wildcard spot right now so how will this be the last game played with a dirt infield? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 4 hours ago, matter2003 said: The new turfs are pretty similar to real grass and nothing like the carpeted cement they used to have back in the 80s and 90s There's still lots more injuries on turf than grass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Just now, peterpan said: There's still lots more injuries on turf than grass Have a study? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, matter2003 said: Have a study? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30995074 Artificial turf is an important risk factor for specific knee ligament injuries in NCAA football. Injury rates for PCL tears were significantly increased during competitions played on artificial turf as compared with natural grass. Lower NCAA divisions (II and III) also showed higher rates of ACL injuries during competitions on artificial turf versus natural grass. theres more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452873 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I think people are not giving fair credit to Gore with what he's done, just because we're all excited to see more of Singletary. Gore showed why he's still a valuable player in this league today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Just now, peterpan said: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30995074 Artificial turf is an important risk factor for specific knee ligament injuries in NCAA football. Injury rates for PCL tears were significantly increased during competitions played on artificial turf as compared with natural grass. Lower NCAA divisions (II and III) also showed higher rates of ACL injuries during competitions on artificial turf versus natural grass. theres more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452873 I don't doubt...my roommate in college played soccer and tore his ACL on a field turf surface at practice because his foot got caught in a seam while running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 3 hours ago, apuszczalowski said: The A's are in a wildcard spot right now so how will this be the last game played with a dirt infield? A game in London sandwiched by 4 away games, takes them to November. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 3 hours ago, KD in CA said: Boo!!!! I love the baseball field in Oakland; I've been watching football games on that field for 45 years. Come on A's!! Let's keep baseball season going!! Side note: I have nothing against the Yanks or Astros who are very solid....particularly the Astros....and of course my Cards are the class of the MLB but I would love to see the A's or Rays pull off a crazy miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 26 minutes ago, LabattBlue said: A game in London sandwiched by 4 away games, takes them to November. ? But with a few rainouts in the World Series then......... But isn't the infield still there even after the A's are done for the year or do the Raiders have the dirt infield covered once baseball is over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Found an interesting article that talks about how cutting on turf stresses the ACL 45% more than on grass...however it also says turf DECREASES overall injuries by about 10%. So it appears that maybe more serious injuries occur on turf like ACL, MCL's etc but more overall injuries occur on grass but they are more minor like ankle sprains, etc... https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa16/2016/09/08/grass-vs-turf-which-is-safer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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