Turf update
The Wild Things are in the final stages of selecting a brand of synthetic turf that will be installed this fall at Consol Energy Park. Bids and samples from roughly a half dozen companies have been received and head groundskeeper Steve Zavacky has visited several college and professional ballparks to see various styles of turf."We're close to making a decision," Wild Things managing director Todd Marlin said. "Steve went and looked at different fields from Louisiana to Kansas to Kentucky and Ohio. He's met with the sales representatives and given his reports. We're in the decision-making progress right now."
Zavacky saw turf college fields at Wichita State University and Louisiana-Lafayette, in addition to Lake Erie and Florence in the Frontier League.
With roughly half of the cost of the turf installation coming from a state grant, it will be interesting to see if the Wild Things will go with the only Pennsylvania-based turf company, Pro Grass LLC, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh.
Installation won't start until late September at the earliest because of an event scheduled at the ballpark in the middle of the month.
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posted by Chris Dugan at
3:09 PM
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Had to laugh when I read the story in the O-R about the attendance this year. First, Bob Renko and John Chambers are hardly representative of the average fan in the stands. These guys are almost part of the
WT publicity department. There is no way either one of these two is going to give anything near an unbiased answer to any question about the WT. For Mr. Chambers to place the blame on the fans is so hilarious as to be almost side splitting. Mr. Chambers has his head in the WT dugout about 50 times a night and is certainly not going some say anything against his ’babies’. If one didn’t know better they would think he was one of the team owners! When selecting persons to quote these two individuals should be the last ones to ask for an honest assessment. Get real.
The management has cut hours so much that the ushers don’t much care what happens. Even the ticket takers are being sent home arly so some unpaid intern has to come out and take your tickets. I miss seeing the friendly ladies at the right field gate. This organization is cutting their own throats – they screwed everything up and are making the employees pay for it. The season ticket holders have to watch the gate crashers sit in the high dollar seats for cheap while they subsidize it. The few remaining employees don’t give a crap what happens. Let’s face it, the reason nobody shows up is because the WT have changed. They decided that what worked before is no longer a valid business practice, so they started changing things. Season ticket holders are no longer the focus of their plans and are being treated accordingly. In this mornings O-R in the article about attendance Mr. Marlin even said the focus will be on group sales. So, all the old kooks that have been season ticket holders for years are no as important to this organization. Your are now taken for granted too. Isn’t that just wonderful? Of course, it all your fault! Anybody can see that.
The Wild Things need to do something to make the place fun again. It’s like entering a tomb now.
No energy, no excitement, high food prices, etc. When I come to games now my kids don’t like it as much.
The mascot does nothing much to get the crowd into the game either, he just walks around high fiving the kids.
The guy with the microphone is as boring as anything I ever seen at a baseball game. God is he awful. Last night I heard him ask some guy what “keller” his wife’s tooth brush was. Does this guy think C-O-L-O-R spells “keller”? I also found out how many bafoon’s it takes to launch a rubber chicken about 30’ into the air – three with the urging of the “keller” man. To top it off another guy stands out there to tell you whether, or not, the kid with the net caught it. If I really gave a darn I could see for myself.
Then we have the ultimate embarrassment to the City of Washington, that STUPID whoop-whoop thing.
Anybody that does that is a total moron!
Just win baby. That's all they need to do. If they win, people will show up. If they don't, they won't. It's that simple.
I though this blog post was about the artificial turf???
Oh stupid me, any blog post is a forum for all the naysayers to piss and moan...
so anyone have any idea as to if the turf will really happen???
I was told by a front office person work will start Sept. 20.
So, the Wild Things are going to concentrate on group sales. They just assume the season ticket holders are already in their hip pocket. Well, while you are throwing the season ticket holders under the bus just keep one thing in mind; WE are paying your salary! It might serve the management well to keep that in mind.
The Wild Things started to ‘fix’ what wasn’t broken about three years ago and now appear to be desperately trying to unfix it. So far it sure looks as if the wheels are coming off completely. My wife and I do NOT like being taken for granted. That is exactly what is happening. How many more season ticket holders will throw the Wild Things under the bus at the end of this season? The season ticket holders that I spoke to tonight are not real happy about what they read in the O-R this morning.
People that are only buying general admission tickets are being permitted to sit wherever they please including reserved and box seats. That devalues our investment in season box seat tickets and shows how little respect there is for the loyal fans that attend every game.
Ron Wilson
Looks like I picked a good day to check out this blog and read the comments from the Washington idiots. Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch .... Nothing ever changes on this blog. Is that all you people in Washington do? No wonder the rest of the league considers Wild Things fans trailer trash. To bad it seems there's less Wild Things fans this year. The ones who aren't showing up at games must be the ones who can't take all the bitching. Looks like you have a team that you rightfully deserve this year. Bad fans, bad team. Ha, ha, ha, ha! One word describes Washington's fans: losers! Keep up the bitching and complaining. The rest of the league enjoys reading your antics.
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