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Jack W 05-07-2006 07:56 PM

Mowing The Outfield Grass
 
How are those diamonds and other designs created in the outfields of
major league baseball teams? TIA

Snooze 05-07-2006 09:07 PM

Mowing The Outfield Grass
 

"Jack W" wrote in message
...
How are those diamonds and other designs created in the outfields of
major league baseball teams? TIA


Mowing the lawn with a tractor in over lapping 45' angles. The same way you
make diamond sear marks on a bbq grill.

If you look at this picture, it should be obvious how they mow the lawn.
http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Pet...C10123987.jpeg
Go in a straight line, all the way to the edge, turn around, and mow the
second strip in the opposite direction. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

-S



Merle O'Broham 06-07-2006 01:50 AM

Mowing The Outfield Grass
 

Snooze wrote:
"Jack W" wrote in message
...
How are those diamonds and other designs created in the outfields of
major league baseball teams? TIA


Mowing the lawn with a tractor in over lapping 45' angles. The same way you
make diamond sear marks on a bbq grill.

If you look at this picture, it should be obvious how they mow the lawn.
http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Pet...C10123987.jpeg
Go in a straight line, all the way to the edge, turn around, and mow the
second strip in the opposite direction. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

-S


They also use heavy lawn rollers behind the cutting decks.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question612.htm

If you're thinking of doing this on your lawn- by cutting the same
pattern week after week and follow with a heavy push roller, you'll get
the same effect.


JD 06-07-2006 04:42 AM

Mowing The Outfield Grass
 

Mow your lawn square with your house on week one. Week two, mow at a 90
degree angle to what you mowed last week. This is the simplest method
to striping your yard.

The major league fields are mowed in this fashion as well but most of
the time they are mowed twice on the same day to achieve the look you
see on television, once in the morning and then again in the afternoon
before the game.

JD



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