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Visiting teams don't like, Blue Jays don't mind new field turf

Published May. 28, 2015 11:58 p.m. ET

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The Rogers Centre has been a huge topic of conversation this season, primarily for it's new field turf.

Sure, there will eventually be actual grass in the ballpark (2018 is the estimate), but the team changed their hard turf from last year to something that they'd hoped would be more realistic.

The result? A ton of mixed reviews, but mostly negative ones from opposing teams.

"It's obviously slower; choppers up the middle react differently. Bunts will stay fair," White Sox manager Robin Ventura told MLB.com recently. "It's not like anything I've seen. It's unusual turf."

The Blue Jays, however, don't seem to mind the added dimension to the game. "The other teams come in here and say, 'I don't know how you guys do it,'" infielder Steve Tolleson said. "We're a home run-hitting team, so for the most part, we're able to avoid it. But for a speed team who pounds the ball on the ground, it's outs."

This turf is supposed to settle into place after time, becoming less soft and more grass-like, but for now, the Jays are treating it like a home field advantage.

(h/t MLB.com)

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