Baseball fields require a lot of maintenance.

This page is all about how to take care of our baseball fields and your team’s responsibilities before and after each game.

Team responsibilities

Depending on what time you’re playing, you’ll need to help with various different duties on the field.

Below we’ve outlined the game day duties we need player support with.

Game Pre-game duties Post-game duties
#1 - 10:30am Centerfield fence rope/bunting setup
Lines + batter’s boxes marked Dirt cutouts raked and hosed down
Dugouts cleaned / rubbish removed
Batter’s boxes marked
#2 - 12:45pm Dirt cutouts raked and hosed down
Dugouts cleaned / rubbish removed
Batter's boxes marked
#3 - 3:00pm Pitcher’s mound and batter’s box clay repairs
Bases removed
Dirt cutouts raked and hosed down
Centerfield fence rope/bunting removed
First base rope/bunting + poles removed
Tarps replaced and pegged down
Scorer + grand stand tents taken down
Kit bags packed + taken to sheds
Dugouts cleaned / rubbish removed

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Home or away? It doesn’t matter whether you’re home or away, both teams and all players are asked to support with field duties.

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Clay repairs

One of the most difficult parts of field maintenance is taking care of the pitcher’s mound and batter’s box. At the end of each game day, the foot holes created in these positions need to be repaired. Here’s how to do it.

Repairing foot holes

  1. Sweep all loose dirt out of the way.
  2. Wet the clay in and around the foot hole.
  3. Add loose clay into the hole.
  4. Tamp until compacted
  5. Repeat steps 3-4 until level.
  6. Wet the clay again.
  7. Rake loose dirt back over the clay.
  8. Put tarp on.

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Groundskeeping

There are many more duties required to maintain a baseball field outside of game day.

If you’re interested in helping out, please contact Griff at [email protected]