Murray Cook (of Murray Cook’s Field Blog) has a good post today a little closer to home than the last one I mentioned. Cook, along with a few other local notables, attended an event at the Urban Youth Academy in Compton: the MLB Youth Academy Field Day.
On a typical beautiful weekend day in Southern California, 40+ local youth and sports turf managers spent the day taking part in a “hands on” field maintenance training event held at the Academy. We had Luke Yoder, Head Groundskeeper with the Padres, Kyle Waters from the Home Depot Center, Erik Frey from STS and myself on hand to offer advise on mound, infield, turf care, mowing and logo painting. Moving in groups to different stations, we were able to expose the attendees to a wide variety of field maintenance techniques. What was cool about this event is that 30 from the group were teenagers… and all were excited about the hands on program.
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