In Baseball, Together is Better
Baseball isn’t just a sport. There are relationships within each game. Each player, each employee and even each fan connects with someone or something that makes the game what everyone loves it for.
This week the Jackals played the Sussex County Miners in a game at Yogi Berra.
Nate Irving is a 24-year-old catcher for the Sussex County Miners who knows that connecting with his teammates is important.
“I just try to develop relationships with all the guys that I work with,” he said. “The more comfortable someone can be with you behind the plate, or the more comfortable you can be with whoever is on the mound, the better everyone is gonna [sic] be.”
To be the best they can be, they form relationships with each other on and off the field. Each player knows their teammates’ capabilities in order to work together on the field.
From the people selling lemonade and hot dogs to the hungry, dedicated fans to the batboys and the general manager, the employees also play a large part in the success of baseball.
Joseph Redmon, the general manager for the Sussex County Miners, stays close to multiple people within the industry in order to make the game go smoothly.
“I try and stay pretty close to obviously our field manager, making sure he has all the tools he needs, as well as our players to make sure that they can do their on-field job,” he said.
Just like a car can’t run without gas, baseball teams can’t run without their fans.
One Jackals fan, Robert Dick, has a deep connection to the game itself.
He goes to 25 out of the 50 games a year, which shows his strong dedication for the game. He lives 7 miles from the stadium and likes how conveniently close it is. He also enjoys the fact that he fits into the age range of the other fans.
Overall, though, he keeps going “for the love of the game.”
