Here’s another reason, besides the traffic, for Los Angeles Dodgers fans to get to Dodger stadium early.
Assistant head groundskeeper Dominic Guerrero tamps down the dirt in front of the visiting players’ dugout at Dodger Stadium. The man holding the keys to the Cadillac at Dodger Stadium stood in shallow centerfield last week admiring the view.The stadium was empty. Everyone was in Arizona for spring training. It was just Jordan and a few members of his team winding up their own spring training getting the playing field ready for another opening day.
You don’t hand Shohei Ohtani, Freddy Freeman and Mookie Betts the keys to a used Prius. You give them a Cadillac. Mowers were standing by to cut the outfield grass at different angles so a ground ball hit out there didn’t snake — move from side to side. Many of the veterans on his team are also groundskeepers for local colleges and universities, while still working with the Dodgers.
Jordan wasn’t worried. The divots would fill in, the grass would grow, and the mowers would take care of the rest before opening day.After the game starts, the grounds crew hangs out in the break room until they return to the field before the 4th and 7th innings to drag the infield from spike marks that can cause bad hops.
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