NYM@FLA: Grounds crew wrestles with tarp in Miami

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8 жыл бұрын

6/29/93: The Florida Marlins groundskeepers have trouble rolling out the tarp, and don't successfully deploy it until the rain stops
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@NelsonRodriguez-cq4xx 6 жыл бұрын

Hello all, Well, I WAS on of those guys. Clearly by the "performance" we had that night, the Marlins released and replaced us. It was the inaugural season, we were hired to be on the groundskeeper get/tarp crew. It was fun. They basically went to our High School and hired us. I was in 11th grade. Are you kidding me? Get to go to all home games for free, hang out with buddies from school, have all access, be on the field, free food and get paid? I'm in! Well as you can see on video this was our first and last night. For example, if the games started at 7:05 or 7:35 eastern time, we had to be there by 5 I think. We didn't even have our drivers license so our parents took turns taking a few of to and from the stadium. I can assure you Alan, the head ground keeper had us practice, practice and practice. Except all the times we practiced it was sunny and ideal field conditions. Thennnnnn..... This wasn't a "drill" it was real, our first time and rain delay. The tarp weighed so much especially with the fierce heavy South Florida down pours. We got stuck, the traction of the sand was like sand paper, we were what? 5'9 and 160 lbs "soak and wet" we needed help from players and managers. Embarrassing!!! At least for a few months, I was in the field , got to meet many players, saw Joe DiMaggio on opening day as he throw out the first pitch And tons of memories. Sorry Marlins for letting you all down. After this we got replaced by grown men (haha)

@richardsheehy7250 5 жыл бұрын

I was at this game I remember when john franco and fans from the stands came in to help lolol...going to Marlins game especially day games you could always expect a rain delay...this was always played on old blooper vhs back in the day.. this game, when Andres galarraga hit that mammoth grand slam into the tarp against kevin brown and later on in the game charged the mound, the 97 ALDS, and game 1 of the 97 world series will always be my best memories of Marlin games at Joe Robbie Stadium

@chadosborne3118 4 жыл бұрын

Nelson, I'm working on a book about baseball and weather. Could you and I talk about your experience that night with the tarp?

@Demigord 4 жыл бұрын

@@burns1210 The ones who started it (the ones in the clear ponchos) look younger than the Marlins-colored reinforcements

@TubaSammy 3 жыл бұрын

Quality comment

@motivatedconor4352 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great story man. You were living the dream!

@davemitchell116 7 жыл бұрын

I was at this game. This was more entertaining than the game itself!

@7urbine Жыл бұрын

I mean it's baseball, not hard to do lol

@treasurecoastpicker2744 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on TV. It was so funny, I called my Dad and told him to turn on the game. We stayed on the phone for the whole thing and laughed our butts off. It’s a classic.

@imlost19 10 ай бұрын

great memory, a true florida shitshow lol

@hbkim3651 4 жыл бұрын

This is hysterical!! Who in the heck thought it was a good idea to keep the tarp in right field and not near first base.

@mikemickypeterdavy Жыл бұрын

I live in Louisville KY and we had WWOR on our cable back then. I watched this game on TV and I couldn't believe it 😂😂😂

@lemmiwinks09 8 жыл бұрын

Saw this as part of a TWiB clip, hilarious with the sound clips!

@Jd-ou1iy 8 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this live on tv when it happened.

@richardsheehy7250 5 жыл бұрын

I was there when it happened. John Franco came out to help they were asking people in the stands to help. It was a funny to watch I was like 11 years old at the time. Believe it or not there were some memorable moments at joe Robbie stadium back in the day

@capsman09 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this after seeing the video of the Washington Nationals Baseball Grounds Crew from 2020.

@VoidedMirror 6 жыл бұрын

This should be an Olympic sport.

@shoukatsukai 7 жыл бұрын

Tim McCarver actually knows his war stuff. Interesting: "Pickett's Charge" "Charge of the 'Wet' Brigade"

@jamescrabtree9240 Жыл бұрын

He was wrong on his dates about Gettysburg.

@hmhm856 9 ай бұрын

6:53 Rookie Jeromy Burnitz of the Mets hit his first career MLB home run in this game in the 3rd inning. If this game had to be cancel due to the infield conditions, then the game would have had to be replayed another day from the very beginning, and all stats of the game would be wiped out, including Burnitz first career home run, since this rain delay occurred before 5 innings were completed (or 4 and a half innings were completed if the home team was winning). Mets won this game 10-9 in 12 innings. Many home runs were hit combined by both teams. 1993 Mets = "Legendary" team 1993 Marlins = Their inaugural season

@mattsmith7390 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this and my first thought was why was it not closer to first base/infield

@jeasongagnon4332 5 жыл бұрын

If only they could do this again, they'd fill the stadium, very entertaining

@echance83 7 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how to find the condensed version of this video clip? It was edited, had hilarious music and cut scenes. definitely used to be on youtube, but I cant find it anywhere now. Any ideas on how to find it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

@shoukatsukai 2 жыл бұрын

It's been a while, but you can find it on youtube again

@Mr.SP78 6 жыл бұрын

Still seeking the Mets vs. Dodgers 4 games series from 1991, where Strawberry makes his return. If anyone has it, let me know and will make an offer for them.

@richardbadillo4859 10 ай бұрын

Hysterical

@stayingsaneamidtheinsanity2499 8 ай бұрын

It's funny so I watched it again

@kimberleyrubino3969 5 жыл бұрын

Fla RAIN Delay In Fla rain delay

@sce2aux464 3 жыл бұрын

7:20 Dislocation anyone?

@joshuasmith6439 3 ай бұрын

Well the game went to extra innings and to top it all off, the Marlins lost the game 10-9.

@butchgreene8718 Жыл бұрын

Oh the irony of being too snobbiah to let your logo get dirty & avoid doing it the easy way. FYI, the intelligent way is to unroll it with logo side facing the ground at the edge of the infield. Then the crew grabs the right field edge end, runs across the tarp pulling it behind them toward 3rd. When they get to 3rd base the entire tarp has been flipped over to expose the logo. They're doing this technique just to keep their logo side shiny and pretty.

@billyoneill5445 6 жыл бұрын

Their pink slips are waiting for them when they done with the tarp.. lol

@Tny_-dv8vb 8 жыл бұрын

me to i watched this a bit ago

@Nickrj3 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder why that tarp kept getting stuck?

@hpeet1000 8 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it had to do with the tarp and the ground being wet, causing a suction therefore "bogged down"

@Splinter48708 6 жыл бұрын

Too much water on the tarp along with the friction with the grass and infield.

@jamescrabtree9240 Жыл бұрын

McCarver didn’t know his Gettysburg history. The battle didn’t occur in late July of 1864, but rather early July 1863 (July 1-3).

@renegade44040 6 жыл бұрын

If several dudes stand under the trap while it is being pulled over them it will create a bump for the water to roll off. Really. I was yelling just run under the trap with your hands up. Just have several people run under the trap with their hands up so the water rolls off!!!

@Daveyo747 6 жыл бұрын

there should be a pull machine that comes up from the ground on the third base side that they can hook the tarp, and let the machine pull the entire tarp in . Anything but what we all have witnessed here, is awful. Not enough crew and manpower, way out in the field etc. That Groundskeeper manager should be fired.

@AEMoreira81 5 жыл бұрын

Some stadiums will have a tractor roll out the tarp.

@Ghostrider6A Жыл бұрын

How many stadiums had that in 1993?

@VinnieBoombatz374 Жыл бұрын

Actually, quite a few. The Cookie Cutter Stadiums of the times would frequently have them. I remember a player once got injured by the automatic tarp.