june 8th, 2013

It has been a long home stand. We had eight games in six days with two doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. Thankfully we only have three more games left in the home stand. Today was a little break from the norm for me, because today I did my shadow day. For my shadow day I chose to shadow tickets. But before going up to the ticket office I worked until lunch with the guys getting the field ready for the games. Early in the morning I spot aerated bad areas around the plate, mound, shortstop, second base, and where the umpires stand. Those areas get really compacted because of all the foot traffic those areas receive on a daily basis. After spot aerating those areas I went up and did my shadowing of the guys in the ticket office. While shadowing I learned how to: use the two ticket programs the Whitecaps use (they use Ticket Return and File Maker), how to talk on the phone and sell tickets that way, how to total the nights attendance, and a lot more. I chose to shadow tickets because tickets is the easiest way to break into professional sports and knowing how to sell tickets and work a ticket program are key to getting a ticket position. Today was a pretty slow day in terms of selling tickets because of the weather conditions, so I didn't get to work a ticket window, but I watched them do it and it seems pretty easy. Overall, it was a good experience and it was nice to get away from the grounds crew for a day even though I did drag the field during the games. Selling tickets and working a ticketing program is just another skill I can add to my resume. Coming up in June we have the Midwest League All Star game, our first intern lunch with management, and our intern volunteer day. It is cool how they have the interns come together and spend a day helping the community of Grand Rapids. Things are still going grea