Why not? When working, I need to be busy and I need to be challenged. It is a very active month of work because there are games every day with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies playing at Salt River Fields. Also this year there is the World Baseball Classic. So, for four days there will be extra games. Mexico, Canada, Italy and the United States will be playing games for four days in March.
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| Thursday at Salt River Fields |
So, here we go. But it wasn't baseball as usual at Salt River Fields on the first day in which I showed up. No sir. It looked like a baseball field in Montana. The day before we had large size hail stones falling from the sky. I have never seen snow in Phoenix and didn't expect it. Occasionally we will look far away and see some snow on a mountain top. We'll ooh and ah. Most of the day on Wednesday it was raining. That was followed by Thunder. I wondered why the people were screaming outside my window on Wednesday? They were playing in the 'snow'!!
So, picture this. The following day is Thursday. The season starts Saturday. They are looking for a concessions supervisor. Okay. I'll check it out. I stopped in and was hired on the spot. That is the way I like it. No muss, no fuss. Let's get rolling. The first person to whom I spoke at the field was grounds crew supervisor. He was extremely concerned about getting the field ready for next month, never mind a day and a half.
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| Friday at Salt River Fields |
So, the grounds crew is pretty impressive. As I was walking out of the park, I saw some ballplayers practicing.
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| Friday at Salt River Fields |
The Diamondbacks were on their practice field with red sweatshirts getting ready to play ball. Saturday is the big day.
I should actually make my first post along with a few photos on Monday 2/25/13 about the pre-season at Salt River Field in Arizona.
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