The oh, so controversial baseball field across the street from our house reopened last week. Dennis' baseball team of 13 & 14 year olds played their last game of the season there on Wednesday, May 30th. The field is controversial because it is artificial turf. A group known as "no plastic grass" dogged it every step of the way. Construction was originally scheduled so that it wouldn't disrupt baseball season (or at least only a minor disruption). But the NPG group litigated, complained, stymied, etc. so that construction started way later than planned and the only game the kids got to play was this last game of the season. Dennis coached the team despite not having one of our boys on the team. He said he enjoyed the season but will not be back for a repeat next year. You can see how beautiful the field looks--particularly when framed by a gorgeous day in Seattle (yes, we do have those-more than most people suspect). The field has been in constant use since it opened--more so than it was ever used on any given evening in the past. Sure it would be nice to have real grass--but, there are those occasional not so gorgeous days that make a grass field impractical for the amount of abuse it gets. Now if the dog owners can just manage to take the "no dogs on the field" sign seriously and stay off, all will as it should be. (The kids on the field are not his team. His team was dark blue and they lost the game 8-0. Small wonder with bruisers like those on the other team!)
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Looks like a nice field. And no mowing! Though the thought of cleaning dog poo out of turf doesn't sound so good. I'm having a blast here with Miss Chloe, Kelsey and Miguel. Chloe is a talker, mover and shaker. I'm loving it. Though the steamy weather is not my fav. Looking forward to seeing you in a month.
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