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Players are now starting to report to their respective camps and locations. This means but one thing, baseball season is almost here! And, for those working in any function of Major League Baseball, work is picking up. Nothing is truer for around the Office of the Commissioner in New York. Last week the finishing touches were applied to the spring training media guides and the guides arrived Thursday and Friday of last week. Packages are being shipped out left and right, last week before I left for the long weekend, I sent out 3 boxes full of media guides to different Major League Baseball offices around the country. For my supervisor’s creating, editing and finalizing these guides can be a lot of work, so my assistance in the process, in any way possible, was welcomed and much appreciated. So, like I said in my last entry, I helped whenever and wherever I could to take some of the burden off of their shoulders. Since the guides have been finished and just need to be sent out, the project I have been helping with recently is the next in the “Guide” chapter, Umpire Guides. Umpire guides are filled with the names and numbers of the umpires, executive staff of the umpire organization, rules and regulations for the umpires (from what equipment to wear, using judgment, what to do if there is a rule violation by a player, and etc.), and interesting facts related to the history of umpire, plus a lot more information. It certainly demands a lot of work and like the spring training guides I do what I can to assist my supervisors with projects related to the guide. With the season drawing ever-so-close to starting, there will be an addition to my daily duties (along with the daily clips). Every day I will put together a stat pack, daily attendance. The stat pack includes: league standings, the score’s from the day before, probable pitcher for the day and transactions in the league. The daily attendance is just as it sounds: looking at the attendance from each American and National League game the night before. This may seem like a lot to do, but with the helpful insights left from past interns, I will have no trouble picking it up in a short time! Fun Note: because of my assistance with editing and adding to the spring training media guides, I got my name on the first page! Although that only seems like such a small detail, it really means a lot to see that they appreciated the work I have been doing and will give me credit for the help, no matter how big or little.
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_ I am a little over three weeks into my spring internship at the office of the commissioner for Major League Baseball. It is located in New York City, and let me start off by saying if you work in the city, live in the city! I commute from New Jersey everyday (staying up with my brother and his wife once a week) and waking up at 5:15 every morning to catch the train wares on you.
Let me go through a typical day for me at the office. I get in at 7:45 every morning and start putting together the morning clips. The clips are news and notes around the Major Leagues from that morning the day before. After I have compiled all the appropriate clips I show them to my supervisor so he can review them, add or subtract from them and give them back. Once they are given back I put them into a pdf to be sent around the office and to the commissioners office in Milwaukee. The final step for the clips is to put them in the copier and give them out to the workers who get them. That will keep me busy until about 11:30, depending on how many clips there are. Monday’s are the most hectic. After I am finished with the clips the rest of the day I help with projects to get ready for spring training. With that being said I have learned a lot in such a short time. First, it’s true what they say about sports; there is no real “offseason” they aren’t kidding! A lot goes into the preparation for the season and with spring training a week away things are picking up around the office. So far I have helped with looking over, adding and subtracting to the rosters that go into the spring training media guides. And, most recently I have started to contact radio, television and publication companies to make sure their information for the Media Information Directory is correct. Secondly, don’t be afraid to ask questions when first getting a job or internship. If you are willing to learn, your co-workers will be more than happy to help. I know the first Monday I had to do the clips on my own everyone checked in to see if I needed any help and when I did people chipped in to help me. And I know I have a lot more to learn and with the season fast approaching, there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions. In a final note, every year they hold a Baseball Writers of America awards dinner for all of the major cities like New York and Boston and not even a week into my internship I was invited to attend. It was a great experience, dinner and I sat at a table feet from the likes of Joe Girardi (New York Yankees coach), Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees pitcher) and Jose Reyes (Miami Marlins player). |
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