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Speaking about rough surfaces, the game was played on Astroturf, since the grass up here is not quite ready for the rigors of lacrosse...
That, however, killed the real grass growing inside. But one stadium groundskeeper, who is certainly rotting in hell by now, came up with an idea that has strained knee ligaments and haunted the grand old game ever since Astroturf...
...softball team has been practicing on the astroturf of Briggs Cage since early February. It has even played two scrimmages indoors, modifying the rules along the lines of indoor soccer or arena football...
...CRUNCH OR A MOAN BUT a horrified hush spreading through the crowd that signaled the ghastly instant. On the Astroturf at Giants stadium, Jets defensive lineman Dennis Byrd lay motionless, unable to move his hands or legs. With all the power of his 266 lbs. of hurtling flesh, Byrd had unintentionally rammed his helmeted head into the chest of his 275-lb. teammate Scott Mersereau. The impact crumpled a vertebra in Byrd's neck, crushing part of the underlying spinal cord as well as plunging dagger-like slivers of bone into the soft, vital nerve tissue...
...fact, the grass-roots movement he invokes looks more like an Astroturf carpet, rolled out by a cadre of Dallas insiders and funded out of Perot's deep pockets. Since he pulled out of the race on July 16, Perot has pumped in more than $4 million to keep his candidacy alive, much of it to bankroll the petition drive that has put him on the ballot in all 50 states...