- News Home
- Blogs
- Awards
- Minoring in Business
- Players of the Week
- Top 50 Prospects
- Releases
- RSS News Feeds
- Archive
- Events Home
- Winter Meetings
- Playoffs
- Promotional Seminar
- Job Fair
- All-Star Games
- First-Year Player Draft
- Rookie Career Development
 Durham Athletic Park, the former home of the Bulls, will host the turf clinic. (Brian Fleming)
|
Representatives from MiLB clubs, soccer associations, high schools and parks and recreations employees, among others, will attend the clinic that will focus on winterizing a facility.
The clinic will also include hands on field maintenance techniques for pitcher's mounds, turf, home plates and infields and a walk through of the daily maintenance routine required to provide a top quality playing surface.
Brickman SportsTurf, a division of the Brickman Group that provides the maintenance and sports turf training at the DAP for Minor League Baseball, will run the clinic. Brickman SportsTurf is recognized as an industry leader in the design, construction and management of baseball facilities around the world.
"A couple years back, Pat O'Conner called me up to talk about a vision he had of turning the DAP into a laboratory for the Minors," said Brickman SportsTurf President Murray Cook. "His idea of developing a sports turf training center that could be accessed by baseball organizations worldwide was something that has been needed in baseball for a long time. This Field Clinic represents his vision and brings it to reality. I'm just honored that I can be a small part of this exciting inaugural event."
John Deere is a preferred partner of MiLB and a major sponsor of the clinic.
"Any time a professional can learn best practices from peers and other experts is time well spent," said Matt Armbrister, marketing manager for golf and turf products at John Deere. "That's why we're so pleased to be working alongside Minor League Baseball on this clinic.
"The day will include applied information a sports turf manager or head groundskeeper can use as they prepare for the winter season. It certainly will be a worthwhile event and we are delighted to be a part of it."
Burnett Athletics, Carolina Green, Profile Products/Turface and Sandhill Turf and Sports Construction Management, Inc., have also partnered with Minor League Baseball for the one-day clinic.
