The green, green grass of home awaits the Rockies at Coors Field. Mark Razum and his crew made sure of that.
A sixth-month rebuild of the playing surface at Coors was finished in March in preparation for the scheduled home opener last Friday. The coronavirus pandemic wiped out that game, and there is no telling when baseball will return. But when it does, the infield will be smooth and the outfield an emerald-green carpet.
“We started enriching the nutrients to the grass a few weeks ago, to be more aggressive and give the roots a jump start, so the grass is growing like crazy right now,” said “Raz,” who’s been the head groundskeeper at Coors Field since October 1994, seven months before the ballpark hosted its first game.