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This summer, I was fortunate to work for the Cleveland
Indians minor league team, the Lake County Captains. The Eastlake
County Stadium was in its first year of service to the community and
boasted of a playing surface comparable to that of any major league team.
The grounds crew consisted
of four full-time people, a head and an
assistant, two interns, and four others who worked games only. Upon
my arrival, I was told that my main jobs for the year would be the mowing
of the outfield and foul territory, home plate maintenance, and each
bullpen. Outside of these jobs, we had many projects throughout the
year to complete while the team traveled. We aerated and topdressed
three times, used AerWay, fertilized heavily, added runners lanes down the
first and third base line, installed two umpires cutouts on the arch of
the diamond, and extended the first, second, and third base cutouts to
fourteen feet. We also added new sod in front of the mound, around
the
home plate, and down the right field line three times. However,
most of our time was spent on the infield skin. These jobs included
watering, nail-dragging, mat dragging, rolling, floating, adding
conditioners, edging, and lip maintenance. The fifteen hour game days were
tiring, as were the multiple projects on "off days" but I was able to gain
many skills that cannot be taught in the classroom. I would
recommend this internship to any Clemson University student.
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