Nice article about local legend George Toma, who is the only guy to have ever been in charge of the turf for Super Bowls.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns
Toma pretty much invented the modern science of groundskeeping, and has been in charge of Kansas City's professional athletic fields since I was a wee lad. One of his early hallmarks was making his groundskeepers actually *train* for the between-inning spruceups of the infield. His kids sprinted out onto the field, changed the bases out for clean ones, did a quick dirt dragging, and sprinted off again, all in about 30 seconds. When the rain began to fall, his guys got the tarps out under the judgement of a stopwatch, and their new records were announced over the PA.
George Toma is *the* man in groundskeeping, and we've been fortunate to have him as our local guy for as long as I can remember.