Wicked.

Hey.

Went to work today at 6:30 again. Today we pulled cores in the infield and in foul territory. For those of you unaware of this process I'll explain for you. We have a piece of machinery that goes around and pokes holes in the turf at a pretty fast speed. Depending on the type of tines you use you will just poke holes or you will pull a core of soil/sand up as you go. This process loosens up the turf as it gets compacted with the amount of play that goes on. It also allows for better soaking up of water and nutrients needed. After the holes are poke we went around with blowers and blew all of the cores onto the warning track to get them off the turf. There were a few guys who raked those all together and picked them up and took them to the dump. After that we top-dressed with sand and then mowed and watered the areas of grass. The same was done in the outfield except cores were not pulled, therefore we didn't have to blow and pick them up!

There are spots, like the bullpens and around sprinkler heads and valves where the aerator can't go. When this happens we have to poke holes by hand. Not a hard job, just a slow and tedious job. When that was done we were dismissed and I went home. After a semi long day at the park, and a nice work out I took a nap. :D

It's "wicked" stuffy and humid in our room right now, but feels great outside. Frustrating because It takes me at least an hour to fall asleep when its like this. I guess I can't complain though, it could've been like this all year long. Im grateful. My sunburn has turned to a tan with lots of spots where its peeling. All that pain for nothing, I tell you what. :-/ "Wicked" is a term I've adopted from the New Englanders. Basically, its just another word for "really". Instead of "Hey its really hot in here!" it would be, "Hey its wicked hot in here!" Cool right? Shut up.

Ha. Awesome. Hope you guys had a sweet Monday. Mine was pretty good I suppose. Continue to have a good week!! I'll try, if you do.

peeling like Gold Member on Austin Powers,

Phil