Pitchers and catchers hate playing on turf. I was just talking to a turf maintenance guy from The Motz Group. His advice was that if you are going with turf for your baseball field to go with dirt on the mound and around homeplate. He said those 2 areas, along with the goalie spot for lacrosse are high maintenance and the most patched areas on any turf field. I believe UC's turf field has dirt mound and homeplate, and maybe around the bases.