Things Iโm bad at: interviews
Questions I hate: this one
Things I love: editing software
All the credit to
@kevin_bbass
capitalizing on a golden blooper๐๐ผ
Itโs hard to be the only girl on the field. Itโs harder to be the only girl in a room of 100 MiLB groundskeepers.
Girls, thereโs a spot for you in whatever area for whatever sport you want. We are here. We want you to join us. Itโs hard, but everything worth having is ๐
#NGWSD
Itโs the holiday season, which means I have explain to uncle Dave for the 7th time what my degree is in, cutting the grass at different heights does not make the stripes and yes, Iโm still employed in the off season๐
First year in charge and welp... I survived.
Played one soccer game, went into lockdown, tore up the sod, battled weekly valve breaks, head breaks, laid soccer sod back down, played 10 games, had toxic wildfire smoke and fought an inconsistent sprayer. 2021 give me your best ๐๐ผ
Thankful. Grateful. Blessed.
This has been a career goal of mine and Iโm very lucky to have a team behind me who wanted it just as bad as I did. My amazing crew worked extremely hard for this and we could not be more excited!
@MaxCasper4
@_moose97
@Trace1110
And the 2022 Professional Baseball Field of the Year is... Greater Nevada Field, home to the Reno Aces!
Congratulations to SFMA Member and
@Aces
Head Groundskeeper, Leah Withrow and her team.
Diamonds are a girls best friend โฆ๏ธโฆ๏ธโฆ๏ธ
S/O
@Nathanc47010798
and
@MtnView_Seeds
for that 365SS Bluegrass that is taking the recent heat like a champ
Reason
#381
why I love sports turf
Accountants donโt go on vacation to other accounting offices to help them work, only sports field managers take vacations from their fields to work at others and I find that amazing ๐
Really sad goodbye to our fantastic intern, Amanda, as she heads back to school ๐ฅฒ She brought her A game everyday, never backed down from a challenge and always kept a the crew moral high. Best of luck at Auburn this fall ๐๐ผ
Give to the field and it will give back ๐คฉ
Last week:
โ 1/2โ cores pulled at 3โ spacing
โ Top dressed 25 tons of sand
โ Spread 1lb N/1000 of NFlexx
One week later, the results speak for themselves ๐
Survived 12 games in 13 days and because of weather we ended up playing 3 of those in 20 hours. Unbelievably proud of the crew for their hustle๐ช๐ผ
@colton_forman
& Twitterless Max Casper
Reno Aces field crew is hiring! We are looking for an intern, seasonal assistant and game day crew. Weโre moderately dysfunctional but a hell of a good time ๐
SURPRISE!! One of the most rewarding parts of my job is getting to see former assistants and interns doing great things in the industry. So proud of
@AmandaGibsonn
and fun to see her thriving with
@JTurnour
How did I become the only full time female groundskeeper in Triple-A baseball?
@TahoeOnstage
did an awesome article all about it and I am very grateful ๐
Everyone: Who do you want to win the Super Bowl?
Me: I just want the field to play well ๐
Well done to the entire crew! Your time, energy and education shows!
Our reputation does precede usโฆ๐
If youโre down for some fun, bad dance moves and arenโt allergic to cats, weโre looking for an intern to join us for the 2024 season! Message me with any questions!
My old boss, Joe Hill, started this in 2017 and itโs stuck with me. It was a motivator to the crew that the field would be ready to play a game no matter what events came in, no matter the weather, no excuses, the field was ready.
#undefeated
March 15th โฉ๏ธ March 27th
The amount of work the crew has put in in that time is unbelievable. Sending the boys off to start on the road but so ready for our Opening Day in 5 days ๐ณ
Itโs so hard to cram 4 weeks into 1 minute and the fact that we did all this in just 4 weeks blows my mind. Iโll say it a million times,
@Nathanc47010798
@lasergraderUt
are absolutely incredible and with the help of
@4MostSport
and
@DuraEdge
weโre ready for the 2021 season!
Not sure how but every
@FieldExperts
conference gets better and better! Had an amazing time in Salt Lake getting to present, enjoying time with friends and collecting our Field of the Year award ๐
March 14th โก๏ธ March 31st
Weโve been dealt a tough hand this winter in Reno, but Iโm unbelievably proud of my crew for the work we put in to get this beaut ready for opening weekend. 3/75 down๐๐ผ
Happy to bring it home! I seriously canโt thank my friends and family for the support, my Aces family for the love and my crew for all their hard work ๐โค๏ธ
Back on the
@leahlou2
beat today as she and her crew took home their industry's highest honor: Field of the Year.
It's the first time the
@Aces
and Greater Nevada Field have earned this honor.
The GNF grounds crew isn't relaxing either.
They want another trophy for 2023:
Average temps in the high 90s, 8-12% humidity and 15-25mph winds all week. Desert life is not for the weak ๐ฅต but bluegrass can hang in the heat!
#365ss
@MtnView_Seeds
โYou know how we doโ๐
Really proud of how the field is looking after a chaotic July and very thankful for my crew who got us through it
@MaxCasper4
@Trace1110
@_moose97
.
@leahlou2
continues to add to her resume while inspiring the next wave of women pursuing a career in sports field management.
When the
@Aces
hit the road next, she will too - heading to North Carolina and the LLSWS.
Leah's 1 of 7 female grounds crew members to make the trip:
Bringing back the fan favorite fall flannel for our last 3โ๐ผReally proud of the crew for how amazing this field looks and plays after a long 6 months
@MaxCasper4
@_moose97
Last night I had a little girl ask me โIs it weird being the only girl on the grounds crew?โ I looked at her confused because Iโve never been asked that and said โNo... because Iโve never thought I was different. Iโve just been part of the crew.โ
Not only am I a proud member of the Dbacks affiliation, Iโm incredibly proud of this guy and the work heโs done to get to the WORLD SERIES!
#snakesalive
#EmbraceTheChaos
With Joe leaving,
@adamvec
and I have taken over! Youโre looking at your new co-head groundskeepers๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธAdam will be the youngest head groundskeeper in the PCL and I will become the only female head groundskeeper in all of minor league baseball โพ๏ธโฝ๏ธ
For all minor league field crews dealing with the bigger bases and dual anchors, hereโs what we did. Donโt know if it helps anyone but we welded a shim to each of the holes and now we have this. Taping didnโt work for us last year and knew we needed to try something else
Iโm looking for a full time assistant groundskeeper!
Pros: Field renovation starting in a week, hourly with OT, located 30 min from Lake Tahoe
Cons: You work for me ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
Greater Nevada Field will look a lot different this year when fans return to the ballpark.
@Aces
Head Groundskeeper,
@leahlou2
, is changing out the field.
There are also new LED lights, and pole-to-pole nets for fan safety.
Here is the latest:
I really canโt tell you how happy and exhausted I am from the last week. We hosted 3
@Reno1868FC
matches, the field held up great and it felt good to have game days back!
20 days agoโก๏ธ18 days agoโก๏ธ17 days agoโก๏ธToday
@desertgreenturf
has the best quality sod and itโs not even close. That 365ss is magic
@MtnView_Seeds
Fun Fact: Geese poop every 12 minutes
Fun Fact: Reno has received 3 times our annual snow fall and experiencing one the coldest winters
You gotta take every window you can even if it means a snow mold app between storms๐๐ผ
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