I spent the last two evenings at Monongalia County Ballpark watching the West Virginia Black Bears take on the State College Spikes (Cardinals). Here are some stray thoughts, some of which overlap with things I've tweeted in the past couple days.
-P- The Black Bears play on a synthetic surface, which I gather is because WVU also plays there, and there's a lot of bad weather in the early spring. The surface is odd-looking. Stuff bounces up from the turf when the ball strikes it, like it's wet, even when it's not. And sliding is clearly an issue for the players, who find that they need to begin their slides significantly earlier than they would on grass, so that they avoid sliding past the bag.