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The @phillies.com just AstroTurfed one of the two baseball fields they maintain in FDR Park. We measured its surface temperature at 134° — over 40 degrees higher than the grass field. It was only 86° out. On hotter days, turf can go over 170°, endangering players and increasing global warming.

youtube.comTesting turf temps at Ashburn Field, FDR ParkYouTube video by Save the Meadows

Save The Meadows - Philadelphia

@savethemeadows.bsky.social

It's not just heat. Artificial turf also means more injuries, more microplastics, and more cancer-causing PFAS. More at: bit.ly/artificial-turf-facts This is doing our youth no favors. The Phillies should know better.

bit.lyArtificial Turf: Facts with Sources, from STMARTIFICIAL TURF: Facts with sources Last updated: July 2026 • Online with links to sources at bit.ly/artificial-turf-facts Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fairmount Park Conservancy have made man...

8/8/26, 4:42 pm0 reposts1 like

Save The Meadows - Philadelphia

@savethemeadows.bsky.social

8 Aug

What's more, the Phillies built the field without waiting for the Pa. DEP to approve the required environmental permit. They got deficiency letters from @pennsylvaniadep.bsky.social, but they just went ahead: docs.google.com/document/d/1Qfjfx_xTF9etMIRoYJDyPsChCKgP5-UkUgv5kloFveM/

docs.google.comLinks for Phillies' Richie Ashburn turfArtificial turf installation at Ashburn Field - DEP Permit and project timeline Since 1998, the Philadelphia Phillies have maintained two city-owned baseball fields in FDR Park and used them for thei...

Save The Meadows - Philadelphia

@savethemeadows.bsky.social

8 Aug

Pa. DEP requirements exist for a reason: to protect our waterways, watersheds, and the people and wildlife that depend on them. Why do the Phillies think they can ignore them? Chapter 102 § 102.5: www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/025/chapter102/s102.5.html