Baseball Infield Skin And Lip Maintenance

Tim Lambert from Ewing Irrigation explains how to maintain the infield skin on a baseball field.
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[@Texasfalcon810]

I'm new to field and ground maintenance with our little league field . Who volunteers including myself , we have a lot of work ahead of us .

[@samnorsted6889]

Can you please show this to all the high school baseball teams in Minnesota. I don’t know how I got here but I sure am glad I did.

[@MARQUESIEL]

This is great stuff. I am saving this video. Thanks Ewing Team

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

Thanks for the comment. Glad we could help!

[@Hawar-x2s]

Great video!

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

Thanks for watching!

[@skylartimmer4798]

What do you need to do to fix already massive lips and total uneven ground on the infield?

[@perfect1150]

Do you want to nail drag an infield that has top dressing? If so should, how often? Should you water the field before nail dragging?

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

Sorry for the late reply. It depends on what your goal is. If you have played several games on the infield and you have some divots, depressions, high spots, low spots, cleat marks that dragging simply wont get out of course you will need to nail drag it. The tough thing and most common mistake people make when they nail drag is they are way too aggressive, either with the type of nail drag they use or the depth at which they nail drag it. One of our sports fields experts that used to maintain pro ballfields says it's common to nail drag on a regular basis in conjunction with scarifiers on an infield groomer. This is if you always have topdressing material on your infield. Ideally, the infield should have some moisture in it when preparing to nail drag it. A good method is to lightly nail drag it early morning, float it with standard drags to bring it back to a true groomed surface, water it deeply, let the water permeate the clay, and then roll the infield surface. Once rolled you can drag one more time and deeply water again. This may not be doable for you but any combination of this should get you where you need to be.

[@weirdowolfstudio5409]

@@ewingoutdoorsupply how do I take care of a hump that’s formed around the infield that just into grass ?

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

He addresses that at 1:57 in the video. Thanks for the question!

[@weirdowolfstudio5409]

@@ewingoutdoorsupply actually what I’m referring to is the so called hump build up out past 2nd base into outfield between 1st base around to 3rd base it’s bad from years of people grooming infield going in circles . Definitely a drop into outfield.

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

@@weirdowolfstudio5409 It sounds like a renovation job might be in order. Do a search for laser grading a baseball field and you should find some information that might help. We don't have any tutorials currently on the subject. Good luck!

[@Boodieman72]

Need to get a Ventrac Ballpark Groomer and Ballpark Renovator

[@abrahammathews3939]

Do you know anybody in NY who can do a skinned infield.

[@ewingoutdoorsupply]

Hello Abraham, you can use our store locator to contact your nearest Ewing branch for a contractor referral. store.ewingirrigation.com/locations/ Thanks for watching!

[@wendystwo-for-five]

I have zero idea how I got here

[@dink0011]

Wish I had time for this. I do 7 to 10 fields a day....