Phillies' Grounds Crew Using Blow Torches To Dry Field
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A rainy weekend left the Phillies field in bad condition.
The grounds crew at Citizens Bank Park is using blow torches to dry the field Monday night.
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"The field wasn't tarped Friday night because we were supposed to get a very small amount of rain," said Phillies Vice President of Business Affairs Howard Smith. "If you tarp the field 24 hours a day the field would turn brown and would die. It's a on off situation. We didn't tarp it Friday night in retrospect. Had I known that it was going to be this much rain we would have tarped it."
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