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March 24, 2007 - Tom, Carl and Mike attended a special Field Maintenance Clinic hosted by the NY Mets at Shea Stadium. Approximately 60 volunteers from other organizations in the Tri-state area were separated into four groups as they joined the field operations manager and his grounds crew on the field. Each of the groups rotated through different stations that were focused on the following topics:

Turf Management - grass selection, fertilization, irrigation, substrates and mowing techniques

Field Maintenance - maintaining the pitcher’s mound, home plate, bullpen, base paths and warning track areas

Tools & Equipment - mowers, drags, rakes, line markers and templates Following a brief presentation at each of the stations we were able to ask a lot of questions and obtain valuable information from the field operations manager and his crew members. Afterwards, the NY Mets organization treated us to a BBQ lunch on the field, where we ate in the visitors dugout. It was pretty cool walking around the field and inside the stadium, it was a great and informative event. Special thanks to the NY Mets organization and Lenny Wisner for making these arrangements.