The Year In Review - Travels of John Mascaro
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January - February 2009
The below photo's are a photo journal for my website visitors to enjoy. I have been fortunate to have been able to travel from time to time and with each trip, I photograph turfgrass conditions that I encounter. I will continue this forum and add to the photo's (and of course soil profile samples) as I continue to travel from place to place.
January 2009 brought the Sports Turf Managers National Show to San Jose, California. This is a logo painting demonstration that was performed on the trade show floor on natural grass. | At the STMA Show, I attended the seminar on wheels, its first stop was Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. This is the home field for the San Francisco 49'ers football team. |
This is the STMA Tour group at Candlestick Park. This is Roger Revel, Sports Turf Manger at Candlestick Park speaking to the group. | Here is the entire group of Sports Turf Managers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. |
This is a view of the field at Candlestick Park showing some slight footprint damage from frost that occurred a few days earlier. | Here is the same area on the field at Candlestick Park with the Turf Stress Detection Glasses allowing the damaged area to be seen more clearly. |
Here is another view of the stadium field at Candlestick park, Notice the unique shape as it was originally designed for the San Francisco Giants baseball team in 1959 before moving to AT&T Park in 1998. | Our next tour stop on the STMA tour on wheels was AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. This is the home field for the San Francisco Giants baseball team. |
This is Gregory Elliott, Sports Turf Manager at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California speaking to the STMA tour group. | Here is another view of AT&T Park. The field had been converted into a football field for the Emerald Bowl College Game. |
This is a photo from AT&T Park looking from the left outfield (if it were set up for baseball). Home plate would be in the right top of the photo. | This is the same photo of AT&T Park with the Turf Stress Detection Glasses allowing the painted areas left from football to be seen more clearly. |
This is a view of San Francisco bay from the east side deck at AT&T Park. This facility is located in a really great location. | This is John Mascaro standing in a park with the Golden Gate bridge in the background. |
Our next stop on the STMA Tour was Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Joel Ahern is Sports Turf Manager. This is the newly rebuilt Stanford Stadium holds 50,000 spectators. | These are some of the intramural fields at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. |
Here is a photo of the Softball Stadium at Stanford University. | This is the 4,000-seat Sunken Diamond baseball stadium at Stanford University. |
I also attended the MLB / NFL / MLS education seminar at San Jose State University in California. This is their Baseball Stadium field. | This is Darrin Daily, Sports Turf Manger for the Cincinnati Bengals and Paul Brown Stadium speaking to the group. |
This is a mound building demonstration at San Jose State University being conducted by Chad Mulholland and Jeremy Wilt from the Phillies, Larry Divito from the Washington Nationals (Now with the Twins) and an assistant Sports Turf Manager from the Pittsburgh Pirates. | February 2009 brought the Golf Industry Show (GIS) to New Orleans, Louisiana. This is a view of the Mississippi River. |
This is the Turf-Tec International booth at the Golf Industry Show in New Orleans, LA. | At the Golf Industry Show New Orleans they constructed a complete golf green on the convention floor again complete with irrigation, sand traps and even a small stream with running water and of course, real grass. |
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