Hey, friends.

Welcome to Dickey-Stevens Ball Park, home of the Arkansas Travelers.

When you come to a baseball game, you normally think about the job of the baseball players out here on the field.

But there's lots of jobs that are required to make a baseball park run.

And today, we're going to meet some of the most important people who keep Dickey-Stevens Ballpark running, learn what they do and how much fun it is working here at the ballpark.

You do all the hard work out here, Dizzy.

One of the first jobs is, of course, the field.

And that's the responsibility of our superintendent, Greg Johnston.

Let's go find him and see what he's up to.

Come on, let's go!

Hey, Greg.

Hey, Lance.

What job are you doing this morning?

This morning we're getting ready for a ballgame.

Lance, we had a lot of rain yesterday, and so the field had a tarp on it, as you can see, and we had to start all over again to get ready for another game.

Greg, how long have you been working for the Arkansas Travelers?

I've been with the Travers since I was a little kid, Lance.

I've been here about 47.

48 years.

Wow.

And in all that time, what's your favorite part about working for the Travs?

Well, my favorite part is probably meeting a lot of people.

The people I work with.

Working on the ballpark all day.

I mean, what could be better than working at a ballpark?

You mean working with me?

Working with Lance is a good thing.

And having Dizzy with me is a good thing.

Now, I guess that leads us to our next question, which is what's the worst part about working at the ballpark?

The worst part about working for a ballpark is rainy days.

When it rains, you had to put the tarp on and take the tarp off and it messes the field up.

You get it ready for a game and it starts raining.

You have to start all over again.

So, Greg, on a typical game day, what do you guys have to do to get the ballpark ready?

Lance, of course we have to get the field ready.

We have to get the whole stands ready.

Other people from the game before, we got to clean it up.

We have to make sure everything's working right.

Lights, the whole nine yards.

Lance, there's always something that's got to be done.

Something breaks, We fix it.

Well, you guys do a great job making this ballpark look so, so good.

Greg and his crew do all the hard work around here, but there's a lot more jobs.

Let's go talk to the players.

Hey, Jake.

Hey, Lance.

How are you doing?

I'm doing great.

I'm down here with Jake Scheiner, one of the professional baseball players here at the Arkansas Travelers baseball team.

So, Jake, what do you do to get ready for a baseball game?

Oh, I show up early.

I wake up, eat a good breakfast, come to the field and get my body ready, and then go hit, get ready for the game that way.

That sounds like a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

And this is your job, right?

So how did you get this job?

Well, it came from a very young age.

I was about five years old.

And ever since then, I just love playing baseball.

I knew if I love something enough and I could work enough, I could become a baseball player.

That's cool.

How long have you been a professional baseball player?

Ooh, it's been about six years now.

Wow.

Well, it sounds like you have a lot of fun doing this job.

What's your favorite part of being a professional baseball player?

Probably just hanging out outside every day, playing baseball with my friends.

That's what makes this the best job in the world.

Well, I wish it was my job sometimes, but guess what, kids?

It could be your job, too.

Now, if you want to see Jake in action, you got to come to an Arkansas Traveler's Baseball game.

Right on, Jake.

Yeah.

Come on out.

And now I'm going to go find our general manager.

Sophie.

I think she's around here somewhere.

See you later, Jake.

See ya.

Hey, Sophie.

Hi, Lance.

Look, I found Sophie Ozier, our general manager and one of only six female general managers in all of minor league baseball.

So, Sophie looks like you're working pretty hard.

What do you have to do to get ready for a game day?

Yes, I pretty much oversee everything on game day from food that you buy at the concession stands to the tickets that you buy at the box office to getting in the gate.

I oversee all of that.

Lance: Wow.

That's a lot of stuff to keep track of.

What's your favorite part about working for the Travs?

I like seeing people enter the gates.

They're so excited when they enter the gates.

They get to come to a baseball game, whether it's their first game of the year, their first game ever.

It's just exciting to see the fans walk through the gates.

Now, Sophie, as I mentioned, you're one of only six general managers, female general managers in all of minor league baseball.

What does that mean to you?

And maybe girls looking for careers in professional baseball?

Yeah, it's really exciting.

It's exciting to see more females in my position.

When I started, there weren't any females in my position, and so it's exciting to see that grow.

But I grew up playing softball.

I grew up playing basketball and volleyball and playing sports growing up.

This is really exciting to see where playing sports in your youth can take you as in your career.

Lance: Wow.

Well, it's exciting to learn about all the jobs here at the ballpark.

Thanks, friends, for hanging out with us, for learning more about what it takes to work here at the ballpark.

And if you're interested in a career here at the ball park, come check out a game yourself.

See Sophie and all our crew in action Thanks for stopping by.

Go Travs.