Bridget Flaherty

After practice was over, all of the players had to leave through a gate.

And so all of these guys with the binders had their cards out, and they were yelling for players' names, hoping to get some signatures.

And Ian was standing beneath them, holding this bright white ball and a Sharpie, silently hoping for autographs.

And the starters completely ignored all of us.

And once the starters left, the guys with the binders left.

But Ian stood there hoping to get some signatures from some no-name players.

And he did, he got a couple of signatures.

And while he was showing me the ball with the signatures on it, we heard the gate close and the very last person left the field.

And so he turned around and held out the ball and said, will you sign my ball?

And this guy smiled at Ian and said, Bud, you don't want my signature.

I'm not a player.

He was wearing a red polo shirt and khakis.

And Ian said, but you're a red, right?

And he's like, well, I guess so.

So he signed Ian's ball, and then he said, you know what?

I'll do you one better.

Wait right here, and I'll be right back.

And he came back in a red golf cart and he told Ian to hop in.

So we hopped in the golf cart and he took us around telling Ian about his daily routine as the groundskeeper.

And he told us the history of the facilities.