Meet the grounds crew taking care of the oldest ballpark in America
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Twenty-one is already a milestone age by itself, just imagine the care of a historic baseball field is put in your hands.
That was the case for Jabreil Weir.
"Luck I guess," Weir said.
Since becoming head groundskeeper at Rickwood, its been hard work. He worked solo for two years, getting help from his mentor when he could. Weir did all sorts of work.
"Taking care of the sod, cutting it, watering it, taking care of the infield, and repairing the mound and the plate."
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Now he's got some extra hands; Antonyus Bulger and another groundskeeper make up this now three-person team.
"I grew up, I used to be right behind Rickwood as I was growing up. I hear them playing baseball at Rickwood field, I hear them hitting the ball and the crowd going wild," Bulger said.
This team now has the task of getting Rickwood in MLB shape.
"If I can make these changes on the field it'll actually happen," Weir said.
Major League Baseball has helped out, Weir says there's about fifty people helping prepare the field doing things this three person team hasn't had to do before.
"We really didn't have that much equipment, but they giving us new equipment that we can work with and making our job easier," Bulger said.
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Now the crew is ready to share with everyone what they've always known.
"This is sacred to me. It means a lot to me, coming in starting off by myself to now having a crew, to now being able to have the knowledge that I didn't have as far as taking care of a major league baseball field, it feels great," Weir said.
When gameday arrives on June 20--
"In that moment, I'm just be happy that MLB did come and show homage."
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