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See what it takes to keep an MLB park pristine. Take a look at the effort and planning the Florida grounds crew puts into keeping the park perfect.

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" We're back like inside the Marlins I'm frank fort South Florida has a very unique weather environment one which presents its own set of issues for the stadium grounds crew when it comes to the game of baseball. Their job and it's not an easy one is to keep this field Major League ready."

" We actually have three different ship's -- we have so much rain here on Florida and it's so critical to protect this infield dirt. That we are almost every night after game because the threat Iran."

" Does the wind about 7 in the morning and it went through that comes in. They to -- the -- that after the game. They'll come and take the TARP off the field ready you know basically going over the bullpen is working on the -- mound and home plate. That we have another -- comes in from 11 o'clock until. Just after first inning weather permitting. They command guys get it infield ready. Low. Just check over everything and they start doing that edge game Haney had a foul line. And wrap in this very nailed dragon again at all perfect ready for BP. And then at 7 o'clock this cruel go home and we have a game crew which is we can't advance staff. That's -- during the game position in the bowl fans at home plate. Do I do what we need during the games. Once they changed lineup cards. They game goes from our hands or in America Marlins management stands for the umpire Jerry ball control. We dragged the field at the bottom of the third and the bottom of the they have. And other than that were told by the umpires they needed to go to the mound. Dry it up a little bit of the grasslands. But the -- of honor all the all the mavs come from the umpire. After they came lineup. Big challenge is obviously being here in South Florida in between the Everglades and they say you have rain coming from every which direction sometimes things pop up. On the radar that you're not able to track faster."

" What I try to trade him for his off the wall and one minute. You know it's challenging as every year we have different -- how this year I actually for rotating crew. Trying to get them all stranger. Straightening it out blowing out towards very heavy stuff seventeen -- fans who live we have holes it's a very. It's interesting to get make sure these guys know what's. -- to grab a hold grab and how to pull it out. One of the critical things after game history -- of the home plate and the mound with the active black. What's the holes -- the pitcher's leg of the batters make at home plate. After being swept down dampened and we have a specialized actually played it goes in the hole. We want to get it done that night sort out thoughtful well. How words to dry instead end -- get bombed out for a very critical that's going to be ideas that you work on the field after the game. If we had rain for the entire night all the way until half yard before the game. He -- the tickets -- ball do little work pretty good."

" There is no such thing in Florida. As stray happiness -- rocker rant so we had to act employed are dirt we found ours cant catch. And we've heard your kids seventeen years ago when the Marlins started. It's the exact same dirt they had opening day when Charlie up through the first -- Where you can't get out every Aaron's story and and we used -- some of the best -- in baseball. Didn't pleased with the infield the rest Virginia. Some the other parts are able to rows of grass taller. Whereas Bermuda if you start growing taller homers separate note it will start closing out just being just being that type of grass so we have to keep it about one -- His -- you can get it 23 quarters where -- where we better right now what agents really work on. While the biggest challenge is. Consistency in the infield. These players shouldn't have to adjust more than one pretty good job. We need water more water -- role that because that's a sign any day of cold front comes -- We try to have the feel the same every day."

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