My boss told me today that I was confirmed to finish the rest of the summer with him as a clubhouse assistant and would get paid. I told him that my allotted internship hours were met and I would then begin working the rest of the summer and getting paid at the start of the next home stand. Today we are moving the team out to Louisville. We arrived at 7:30 pm to begin loading the bus. Players showed up around 8:30 with the bus leaving at 9:15. Once the players left, all that we had to do was move their cars from the stadium plaza parking lot to the parking garage. We left on my last internship night at 11:30 pm. I was excited to stay on and continue to work in this position.
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Today is the last day of the home stand! We came in at 8 am knowing we had a busy day on tap. The players were treated well to Sunny Street Cafe again for breakfast pregame meal. Ryan Merritt needed new shower shoes so I had to run out to Target and buy him new ones. Next up was rubbing baseballs for the game today. My boss challenged me to a couple games of NHL today as well where he beat me in all 3. Once the game started, we began packing everything up and moving luggage and equipment to the back of the clubhouse to prepare for tomorrow's move-out. Giovanny Urshela and Michael Clevinger were sent back down to us in Columbus and reliever Shawn Armstrong was called up to Cleveland. Chris Narveson got the start on the mound today. He continued his tradition of taking a nap in our office before the game starts. It worked today as Narveson picked up the 9-3 win to finish the series sweep of Gwinnett. The players packed all of their bags to make our jobs as easy as possible for the move out. After organizing everything for the move-out, we left around 8:30 pm.
We have two games left of this home stand before the next road trip. Today we continue our series with Gwinnett at 7:15 pm. We arrived at 11:30 am to continue the routine! We noticed a new security guard at the door and made a joke that at least something is different about today. We had three players leave us today and one player get sent back down to us from Cleveland. Michael Clevinger, Giovanny Urshela and Ryan Merritt were called up and Kyle Crockett was sent back down. After they packed their bags, we helped load them up and they were off to Cleveland. Our day went back to normal after this. Cutting fruit and folding towels has become a tradition for us. Matt Whitehouse is starting today after being called up from Akron Double-A as well. Pregame meal today was Chick-Fil-A with some sushi from our caterer on the side. The players loved the sushi and I tried it for the first time! Whitehouse had a good showing after being called up and got the win with an 8-2 victory. During the game, the local sheriff that makes his rounds during the game came into the clubhouse and talked with us for awhile. After cleaning and the players leaving, we got out at a decent time of 12:30 am tonight.
Adam Plutko was called up today to the Indians. We arrived at 11:30 am to him leaving from the parking lot. Our boss surprised us with lunch again today from BiBiBop this time. After we ate, we cut the fruit for pregame and finished putting out towels. Today we had to pull the netting for the batting cages back out because there was a little kids baseball clinic being held down there in the morning. Once this was completed, we brought more baseballs in from the storage closet and moved them back to the office. The other interns took their turn cutting fruit and cooking today's meal. I was in charge of getting more autographs for birthday cards today and rubbing up baseballs. A couple pitchers came in and asked if I could do their personal laundry as well. Today is the beginning of the series with the Gwinnett Braves. Cody Speer picked up the win today in relief with a 7-6 win. Whenever we win, players seem to always be in a hurry to leave. They all got out quick tonight and we left at 1 am. We stayed a little later to play a couple games of NHL before we actually left.
Another routine day began at 11:45 am today. We had a lot of mail today that needed to be passed out and some mail that needed to be sent out for players. Michael Martinez had a couple duffel bags full of personal items that needed to be sent out to his aunt to send back home. We had to weigh each bag and set them aside for the FedEx to pick up. As players started to cycle in, I was given the task of getting a couple players to sign birthday cards for kids celebrating their birthday at the ballpark today. After this, I took control and wanted to cook the pregame meal today. I cut all of the fruit and made the Italian subs for the day. The players had optional batting practice today so some of them didn't come to the stadium until 4 pm. The atmosphere is so relaxed within the organization with players being able to manage their skills however they choose to a certain extent. The players showed up relaxed and ready to play. The final score was 8-0 to close out this series with Durham. The players came in with high spirits and celebrated the assistant athletic trainer's birthday. We had a little mess to clean up with his cake that added to our time there tonight. After hanging laundry, we left at 12:15 am.
Today, we arrived at 11 am to get to work. My boss came up to me and told me he could probably take me on after I reach my allotted hours and get me paid for work the rest of the summer if I would like. He just had to confirm with the general manager that this would be allowed. I told him I would accept the offer if it is confirmed. After this, we resumed our normal duties. Around 12:30, our pitching coach Steve Karsay came to our boss and said he needed his wife picked up from the airport. He sent me to the Columbus airport to pick up Karsay's wife and bring her back. Once I got back, I had to go on a food run to Happy House Chinese Food for one of the players. By the time I finished all of this running around, I got back just in time to finish rubbing up baseballs for the game. The other interns are very reliable and got all of the other work done. We made a very good team this summer and adapted quickly to learning what needed to be done. Michael Peoples got the start on the mound tonight. However, he did not have a good night. We lost 11-0 tonight. The players showered and left quickly. We left tonight at 12:30 am.
This week's home stand starts today against the Durham Bulls at 7:05 pm. Today I spoke with my boss after arriving at 11:30 am about nearing the end of my internship hour requirements. I asked if he had any positions available for me to come on where I could get paid after I complete the hours. He told me he would let me know when I reach a specific amount of hours worked with him. I began prepping the pregame meal for today. Turkey burgers and mac and cheese were the key ingredients for the meal. Working here this summer has expanded many of my skills like cooking and folding laundry. We also have Brandon Guyer down today for a rehab assignment in the outfield. Once he arrived, he immediately went to our boss to talk about buying dinner for the team tonight. Of course, Texas Roadhouse was the choice. Once again, a bat boy forgot to show up. At this point, I have no faith in high school kids showing up for their jobs. This time I had to stay out in right field for the whole game. The game goes so much faster when being on the field and being involved in the game. It always seemed to drag on when we were sitting around inside waiting for something to do. After the game, I took normal bat boy duties seriously and completely swept and cleaned the dugout. Once this was finished, I resumed normal duties in the clubhouse with cleaning the players cleats and cleaning the kitchen after the players ate. Louis Head picked up the win in relief tonight with a 3-2 victory. We left at 12:30 am this night.
The team moved back in today, June 11th, at 8:15 pm. We arrived at 7:30 pm to move all of their cars back to the stadium from the garage. Once the team arrived, we opened the bus bay doors to see a very poor pack job by the Indianapolis clubhouse guys. It took us a little longer than expected to empty out and organize the equipment. Once inside, we unpacked all of the players bags and waited for our boss to finish washing the laundry. We hung and folded the remaining laundry loops from the players and left at 9:30 pm. Our routine for unloading the buses has become expert level now and we have cut quite a bit of time off of our work.
The team is moving out today, June 10th, for a two game series in Indianapolis. We loaded their equipment after arriving at 7:30 am to prepare everything and wait for the buses. The team left around 9 am for their 7:05 pm game that night. We moved all of their cars and did some small cleaning things around the clubhouse to finish up work for the day at 10:30 am. I am really liking the job at this point. My supervisor is making work so much fun and relaxing. Even though I am doing practically the same job everyday it isn't as tiresome and boring anymore.
After taking the 7th and 8th off so I could play in a golf tournament, I was back in action on the 9th to help out the clubhouse guys. It was nice to have a little break from the repetitive routine that I had grown to hate. I got in ready to work today at 12 pm. I started off rolling and folded all of the towels that we had to finish and cut the strawberries and pineapple for pregame. Our boss had left to pick up Chick-Fil-A for pregame meal today so us interns were left to hold down the fort. Our boss has us properly trained to handle any situation that may arise while he is gone. We continued our normal day while he was out running errands. Everything went smoothly. One intern had to make a couple runs to the pharmacy for some medications for the players as well as run to Chipotle to get food for a player. The usual routine continues. The players were in high spirits today as they had music blaring in the clubhouse and they were all talking about their Clash of Clan standings. Batting practice started at 3:45 with a couple players having to hussle around to get out there because they were playing Clash of Clans. Our boss came back at the beginning of batting practice and set up pregame meal. The players were excited to see the Chick-Fil-A wrappers on the table when they came in. The food must have helped because we won this game 8-1 with Shawn Morimando gaining the win. Some of the players stuck around playing cards later than usual so that slowed out cleaning and laundry process. We left at 1:30 am tonight.
Getting back into the groove of work again is taking its toll. The week off that we had allowed us to get some good sleep and not have to be up so late. The times of being up until 12:30 or 1 am are hard to get used to again. We rolled in to the stadium at 12 today like zombies. Today was a very slow and boring day with nothing but the same old routine to do. At this point, I am getting very annoyed with this internship and am considering whether I should've found another job. As we finished rubbing up another 10 dozen baseballs for the game and prepped the dugout for the game, our boss handled the pregame meal by cooking brats and asparagus for the players. Chris Narveson was just activated off of the disabled list today and will pitch in today's 7:05 game. As game time neared, Chris took a pregame nap back in our office while watching tennis. Chris loves getting into other sports and doesn't like to only focus on baseball all of the time. Tonight, he didn't have his best stuff and we struggled at the plate. We lost 5-3. Narveson was a little down on himself after the game and left without eating post game meal. We cleaned up quick tonight as well because we were dragging along all day. We got home at 12:30 am.
After a long road trip and a nice week off for us clubhouse guys, the team returned from Scranton at 7:15 today. We arrived at the stadium to move cars back from the garage at 5:45 pm. We unloaded the buses as usual and moved the equipment trunks to their respective rooms. Our final jobs for the night were to finish laundry and unpack the players bags for the next home stand starting on the 5th against the Louisville Bats. We finished all of this work and left at 8:45 pm this night.
Today's home stand is set to start at 7:05 with Julian Merryweather starting on the mound. We arrived at 11 am this morning with a little extra to do from the move-in the night before. We had a couple more loads of players laundry that we had to finish up and hang before the players arrived. One of the interns made quesadillas today for the pregame meal. We had some roster moves today as well within the organization. Shawn Armstrong was sent down to us today and the Indians made a move to acquire the Rangers second base prospect Josh Wilson. These players were active and played in today's game. The Clippers hot streak at the plate continued with a 15-5 win over Louisville to start out the home stand. Post game meal today was from the caterer that our boss is close friends with. Cleaning went by quick tonight because we all wanted to leave as fast as possible. We left at 12:30 am. |