Thursday, June 28, 2007

Shaggin' Balls

The last two days have been rather uneventful. Tuesday afternoon, however, I got the chance to hang out on top of the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

One of the Lifestyle reporters was at a minor-league Suns game last weekend and wondered how the fly balls are recovered from the roof. It's quite simple: team employees climb on top of the stadium after every home stand and collect the balls. This week they tallied 131 balls and a leftover t-shirt from the ACC Tournament. (It was shot from a cannon.)
He's going to write a story about people who have to occasionally work at significant heights to do their jobs. Sign me up for the next assignment.

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