As this is published, it is Monday, April 1, and opening day in Reno is less than 24 hours away.
But work isn’t done. When it comes to preparing a field for professional baseball, work is never truly done. The work of a groundskeeper ebbs and flows according to the tides of the sport, but, like the sea itself, it is ever-present. A truly healthy field requires constant care, even as the grass lies dormant throughout the winter. The nature of the work changes; the time spent on task is greater or less, but there is always something to do.