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Cornell, which plays its home games on Astroturf, seemed stifled by the natural grass of Soldiers Field. The visitors rarely advanced past midfield--and when they did, Harvard sweeper and Co-Captain Jenny Pyle halted the attacks with long clearing passes...
...proposition makes no more sense than saying "Philosophy is 75% God." Are the good teams the ones that bear down in the crucial final innings? No. The Cardinals and Blue Jays would still have won their divisions last year if all games had ended after the fourth inning. Does AstroTurf shorten the careers of ballplayers? No. Pain and grumpiness are the usual by-products of attempting to simulate baseball on a surface of green concrete. In fact, players whose home parks use artificial turf have longer careers...
Mann also says that his rooms have been centered on a theme. Two years ago he achieved notoriety when he and his roommates decorated with a Garden Party theme, complete with astroturf. "We're working on something new now--a Jackson Pollock motif," he says. In addition to six Pollock-like paint dribble canvases, Mann says that his Claverly suite will soon contain an imitation Pollock...
...biggest obstacle the Crimson faces may be the Astroturf surface at Schoellkopf Field. The Crimson hasn't won on carpet since its 1981 trip to Ithaca...
...bright artificial green of an Astroturf carpet covers the floor of Briggs Athletic Center, and when spring sports practices end for the day, the gym sits silent and empty...