Starting Out In Sports Field Maintenance – With Leah Withrow

05/01/23 • 54 min

Ever wondered how people get into ballfield maintenance?

Leah Withrow, head groundskeeper at the award-winning Greater Nevada Field, is here to tell you everything you need to know about getting started in sports field maintenance.
Greater Nevada Field named Sports Field Management Association’s Field of the Year Article

Ever wondered how people get into ballfield maintenance?

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Doing the Renovation Work On Sports Fields – With Leah Withrow

If your baseball field is in bad shape, making small adjustments isn’t enough to give you the consistent playability you need. Renovating your field gets down to the field’s base and gives you a fresh start. Leah Withrow, head groundskeeper at the home of the Reno Aces and the recent award recipient for the 2022 professional baseball field of the year, is here talking with us about doing the renovation work.

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Ground Etc. - Starting Out In Sports Field Maintenance – With Leah Withrow

Transcript

I'm Scott Holmes.
- I'm Matt Metzger, and you're listening to "Ground etc". This season, we're going to be talking all things infield grooming from routine maintenance to leading groundskeeping teams to full serious renovation work. We talk to experts of the field, on the ground, of the work, et cetera.
- Et cetera. All right, in this episode, we have Leah Withrow coming in. The woman has achieved a lot in her life.
- Oh yeah, she's got a heck of a story.
- Oh, a heck of a story. A