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South Bend, Ind. A new field, a new name and several other changes, Four Winds Field won't look the same as you head into the stadium for the 2015 season and some of those changes are happening Tuesday.

Starting at 7 a.m. crews brought in truckloads of new sod to cover the field and at 10:30 a.m. they started laying it down. The field should be done by Friday. If you are interested in watching the process you can head out to the stadium all week long. Getting all of the sod in will take about 30 trucks full of 24 rolls each.

Roger Bossard, the grounds keeper for the Chicago White Sox is the one installing it. This is actually a patent system that he uses. Our field can take a microburst of rain, which the way he explained it to me is essentially one inch of rain in a very short time frame which equals about 68,000 gallons of water. He says if that happens, within about 20 to 25 minutes the field is ready to play on, explains South Bend Cubs President Joe Hart.

The field is just one of the many projects happening at the field right now. This past weekend they broke ground on their brand new hitting facility. Hart says it will be over 15,000 square feet and it will be done April 1st.

They are also working on changing their signage, something Hart says is a lengthy process, Everywhere you walk around in this ballpark you see a new sign that needs to be changed out. Things are underway right now and we are starting the design work. Our plan is to have as much stuff done by Thanksgiving as possible. I dont want to leave it up to the weather.

They are also working on making changes in the locker room. Hart says they are adding new lockers, putting in new carpet and adding Cubs colors.

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