Arizona Diamondbacks home stadium. Why is it the only field with a dirt path to the mound ?

March 25, 2012
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Question by sammy b: Arizona Diamondbacks home stadium. Why is it the only field with a dirt path to the mound ?
I have never seen this before anywhere else.
Don`t they have to be uniform ?

Best answer:

Answer by PurdyBoy
All stadiums are different, home plate to the fences even changes greatly.
I suspect that the architect thought that dirt would help control bad ground balls that would hit the pitcher.

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