After staying the night at the stadium, I woke up at 6:30 am to shower and eat some breakfast. Once the other interns arrived, we placed our hot warmers out and waited for Sunny Street Cafe to drop off breakfast for the players. More towels needed folded and place back out on the rack so we finished those. Today was a busy day because we had to pack all the players bags and equipment trunks for the road trip. Us interns had to rub an extra four dozen baseballs for the trip. Our losing streak continued as Neil Holland took the loss on the mound 4-2 while getting swept by Indianapolis. When moving the team out, the bus arrived in the 7th inning. We took all of the equipment trunks out and loaded those up first. The players still had their bags to finish packing and their bat bags to load up. The game finished at 3:30 and the bus was set to leave at 4:15. This was a hectic time for me as it was my first move out and I had to learn the tricks of packing the bus quickly but efficiently. After we loaded the bus and the team left, we had to move the player's cars over to the Parks Edge parking garage across the street. We moved 16 cars tonight and then were left with just folding laundry, hanging jerseys and tidying up the clubhouse. We left at 5 pm.
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We rolled into Huntington Park today at 11:45 am to laundry waiting for us and fridges needing restocked. I was only a couple days in and I was starting to realize that this job is going to be the same repetitive thing every day. However, today my boss sent another intern and I out to Sam's Club to pick up some cases of water, deli meat and fruit to restock everything. This was my first ever trip to a Sam's Club! It took us awhile to get there because of all the construction Columbus always has going on year round. We loaded his truck with the groceries and headed back to the stadium. This trip was nice to get outside and not be cramped up inside all day. Once we arrived back at the stadium, it was time to cut fruit and start preparing the pregame meal. A couple players came in and dropped off their laundry for us to do. As it neared game time, we made sure we had enough baseballs rubbed up and sent the bat boys down for the start of the game at 6:35pm. Adam Plutko took the mound tonight and gained a loss as the Clippers dropped the third game of this series to Indianapolis. Players came in dejected and left pretty quick after eating. We are staying the night at the stadium tonight because we have an early game tomorrow. After we finished cleaning and hanging laundry, we went to bed at 1:15 am.
I arrived at the stadium at noon today with a double header on tap. Parking in the main lot was a hassle because the concert venue next door was hosting an event. We had several packages waiting for us to pick up as I walked in to be distributed to the players. Once I walked into the clubhouse, I distributed the packages and got to work folding towels from the night before. The other two interns came in and started cutting fruit for pregame meal. As the players started to roll in, we began rubbing up baseballs for the game. Once we finished the 10 dozen baseballs, we started to go through any rosters moves we may have that day. Yandy Diaz was sent down to us in Columbus and Bradley Zimmer and Shawn Armstrong were called up to Cleveland. The first game started at 5:35 after we prepared pregame meal for the guys. I had to do a couple players personal laundry. We also had to prepare another small meal for in between game. We lost the first game 5-1 with Ryan Merritt gaining the loss on the mound. We refilled the water, Gatorade, sunflower seeds and gum in the dugout as well as cleaned up the player's cleats. Game two began around 8:30 with Cody Speer on the mound. He also gained a loss as we lost 9-0. The players came in and began to shower and eat post game meal. We collected their laundry as they came in and filtered it back to our boss to spray and scrub. We grabbed their cleats and headed down to the cage area to scrape them off and spray them down. Once we came back upstairs, most of the players had left and all that was left for the night was to hang up jerseys and other laundry loops and clean. We left at 1:30am.
Today we arrived at the stadium at 12 PM. I was extremely tired as I was not prepared for the long day that we had yesterday as my first day. Our first job of the day was to fold the towels the players used for showers the night before. After this was completed and towels were put away, we made sure everything was stocked up in the lounge. We had a couple new players called up from the AA team so we had to make new lockers for them. Then, it was fruit cutting time. Pineapple, strawberries, celery, carrots, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are the fruits that are chosen for the players each day. Today we have a double header so we will have a quick transition in between games. We will have to have a meal ready for the players after the first game at 5:35. After this game, we collected the players jerseys and began to wash them. We also cleaned the players cleats so they weren't dirty for the next game. We had to check the dugout to make sure the Gatorade, water, seeds and gum were all properly filled. We continued to do laundry during the second game and then brought in the post game meal for the players. We finished some laundry for the night, cleaned the kitchen and left at 1:30 am. I'm definitely going to need to get used to late nights.
We awoke at 10:30am after staying the night at the stadium and got right to work. We finished up the players personal laundry and jerseys from the road trip, cleaned their cleats and got right into preparing the pregame meal for the day. Us interns are in charge of making sure the proper fruit gets cut, the players lounge refrigerator and coaches refrigerator are completely filled with water, beer, Gatorade, Propel and soda. The players refrigerator also contains milks, juices, yogurt and string cheese. Our job is to make sure these supplies are always filled, but not getting wasted. We also have to keep an eye out for any trash that players might leave behind in the clubhouse and be sure to sweep up any dirt that is tracked in from the field. After the pregame meal has began preparation, two of us interns went down and began to set up the dugout for the players. Two coolers were taken down, one for Gatorade and one for water. Also, two containers are taken down full of sunflower seeds and bubblegum. The next task was to get the baseballs ready for the game. We were to use the rubbing mud and rub up the 12 dozen baseballs before the game. After this was done, we waited for the players to come in from batting practice and began to put out the pregame meal. After the game, we have a postgame meal that my boss says varies throughout the week. Tonight, we had Texas Roadhouse cater the meal. We cleaned up after the players, cleaned their cleats, washed their laundry and left the stadium at 12:30 AM.
I was nervous for my first day on the job. I had no idea what to expect from the supervisor or what kind of role I would have. I got to the stadium at 10:15 that night to be there to help move the players back in from their road trip. Our first job was to move the players over from the nearby parking garage. There isn't enough parking by the stadium for the players to keep their cars there throughout their road trips when the stadium is being used for other events. We move their cars to a parking garage down the block. Tonight, we had to move their cars back to the parking lot. I was the transfer driver of the other two interns and my supervisor in a Jeep back and forth from the stadium to the parking garage. This took about 30 minutes to move 16 cars. The team was expected back late this night so we stayed the night at the stadium as it would be more convenient. We woke up at 4:30am with the bus arriving at 5am. We unloading all of the equipment, players bags, etc. and did laundry. We got back to sleep at 7am.
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