[fastpitchgal]

oh yes, the dust was absolutely horrible! and the players knew it. i saw numerous teams using it to their advantage. they would slide on every base even when there was no pressure as to being safe or not and every time a batter would get in the batters box they would stir their feet around just to stir up the dirt to effect the catchers vision. pretty smart, but no one needs to play in those conditions. watering the fields would have taken only a matter a minutes.