Love your avatar but I guess I'm in the minority. I don't really care for the new plastic (Love the logo though). I guess I'm a little old school. Definitely the plastic lowers the upkeep but for the players it can be a little unforgiving. If you have a plastic infield (one of the West Coast teams from the WAC had one), the balls come off it really hot. Also as a runner, you had to slide differently because you can slide right past the base (my son did it at third and got out!
). Also, when it gets worn and faded, it can look really bad. Hopefully ours will be fine and this will set the tone for a great year.