The new GrassRoots Complex scrapbook from very early ground clearing to today (10/15/2007).
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| Original land clearing on 50 acres | Building road entrance | Cutting road in to intersecting culvert | ||
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| Setting complex transformer | Youth fields seeded, laid out, beginning fencing |
Backstop going up |
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| Building team picnic pavilions | Elverado H.S. industrial arts class assembling bleachers | Remote controlled scoreboards going up | ||
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| View from side road entrance to north | View from middle field-right center in early 2005 | View from right field of 54/80 middle field | ||
These developments / additions / updates underway & completed |
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Unloading lights from Musco for Major League size field |
Unloading concrete base pillars | |||
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| Construction of the "Blue Monster" in left field of the north field | Completion of LF Blue Monster on north field (54/80) | |||
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| Just before last 2005 tourney | Behind backstop of middle field | |||
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| Under roof of middle field (all fields are like this one) | View of the north field showing the Blue Monster in left | |||
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| View of concession/restroom building and the three east fields | ||||
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| Great view of the middle field on a gorgeous day | ||||
Later developments / additions / updates completed in fall 2006: |
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Installing over 8,000 feet of irrigation system into the playing surface prior to seeding and layout
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| Drilling holes for the eight AA field lights | Setting concrete foundation for towers | Setting light towers on a beautiful October day | ||
| Completed November 2006, the new blue monster in right field on the Silkworm Sandlot, just expanded to major league size | ||||
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View from U.S. 51 of field now completed, a major-league playing surface outfield wall, lights installed, irrigation system complete and the 1400 seats and grandstand will soon begin... |
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| Email: tourneys@grassrootsbaseball.com Phone/Fax: (618) 568-2000 | ||||
