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  • The Angels invite our Curiosity Correspondent to help prepare the field for a game. Little did our correspondent know, it's actually a lot of work.
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Komentáře • 398

  • @JackAttack65
    @JackAttack65 Před 7 lety +29

    This video is about the Angels Stadium, and the Angels play 81 games at their home stadium. That's what he meant. I'm pretty sure the dude knew that there were 162 games in a season.

  • @timothyalvis6654
    @timothyalvis6654 Před 7 lety +134

    They're casually playing Christmas music at a baseball game...

    • @jackdimatteo6700
      @jackdimatteo6700 Před 7 lety +12

      Timothy Alvis This was shot in June which is about half way until Christmas. They call it Christmas in June/July

    • @reecehouchins540
      @reecehouchins540 Před 5 lety

      and its the summer and hot

    • @whitesoxgamer4450
      @whitesoxgamer4450 Před 5 lety

      Jack Sports Champs it is probably just like Christmas night

    • @maskedmarvel
      @maskedmarvel Před 5 lety +1

      Christmas in July game

    • @Bignwordlilbro
      @Bignwordlilbro Před 5 lety

      I was just going to comment that

  • @lucid_sound_design
    @lucid_sound_design Před 6 lety +11

    I would honestly love that job. There's only eleven of them, so they got to be making decent money. They got their own locker room, they get to go to every home game, and 9 times out of 10, the grounds crew gets to personally know the players of the team. Sounds like luxury if you ask me.

  • @hdoggallo3609
    @hdoggallo3609 Před 7 lety +119

    He means your playing 81 games at that stadium

    • @mommab9054
      @mommab9054 Před 6 lety +1

      No dumb ass

    • @thestrangeman069
      @thestrangeman069 Před 6 lety +26

      Kaden The gamer
      Yes dumbass, there’s 81 home games in a season and 81 away games. That equals to 162 games total. Moron

    • @infinitemoodz2346
      @infinitemoodz2346 Před 6 lety +5

      Autism is a problem in this country

    • @ugotdroppedoff8789
      @ugotdroppedoff8789 Před 6 lety +2

      Matthew Burgess wtf do u mean 162 games they play 81 home games and 81 away games

    • @madtortuga
      @madtortuga Před 6 lety

      Hdog Gallo
      Yeah cuz it's 162 in the season

  • @zackstaa7826
    @zackstaa7826 Před 5 lety +27

    When he lifted up that A stencil from the pitchers mound, I almost came from satisfaction

  • @thesaladman9874
    @thesaladman9874 Před 5 lety +54

    On my field we have drunk dads doing all the work

  • @jbvap
    @jbvap Před 7 lety +81

    Being a head groundskeeper would be an awesome job!

    • @x2RAWevicted
      @x2RAWevicted Před 7 lety

      jbvap it doesn't pay much

    • @jbvap
      @jbvap Před 7 lety +2

      of course you're not going to be rich, but I imagine you make pretty decent money being the head grounds keeper and its not like you're doing that job because of the money.

    • @azucenaarellanoquintero6513
      @azucenaarellanoquintero6513 Před 7 lety

      jbvap Are you six?

    • @andrewfallon6969
      @andrewfallon6969 Před 7 lety +12

      Susie Arellano are you a douche? (hint: yes)

    • @TheAjes88
      @TheAjes88 Před 7 lety +1

      It's rewarding work. If you can make it up to a head GK job you can make a great living, but working just as a groundsman in the MLB, it's not uncommon to make minimum wage. It's a fun job if you're ok working 100 hours a week.

  • @chowell1451
    @chowell1451 Před 7 lety +92

    i would do that 4 a job looks fun

    • @zanecarson5888
      @zanecarson5888 Před 5 lety +2

      I agree

    • @trevorantonson4272
      @trevorantonson4272 Před 5 lety +4

      I do this as a part time job at a single A stadium and it is fun, however the hours are terrible. You get there hours before the stadium opens and you’re there an hour after the stadium closes

    • @Andino.
      @Andino. Před 4 lety

      @@trevorantonson4272 they pay well?

    • @extiflyy
      @extiflyy Před 3 lety

      @@trevorantonson4272 how much they pay?

    • @user-the.
      @user-the. Před 3 lety

      @@trevorantonson4272 is the pay worth it?

  • @BASavage81
    @BASavage81 Před 7 lety +63

    btw, the distance between home plate and center field is 396 or 16th of a mile. Thats 132 yards which is 4 yards longer than an American Football field from back of End Zone to back of the opposite End Zone. For our Canadian teams its 122.22 Meters or .12 kilometers.

    • @Wulfe_12
      @Wulfe_12 Před 7 lety +14

      Brian Savage isn't an American football field 120 yards from end to end?

    • @chowell1451
      @chowell1451 Před 7 lety +6

      Caleb Wulfekuhle ikr he is basically saying each endzone is 16 yards

    • @kylemiller859
      @kylemiller859 Před 7 lety +3

      ofir sh THERE IS A DECIMAL THERE! It does say .12 km
      Please at least try to read the comment before saying something dumb like thst

    • @jonahvlogs3180
      @jonahvlogs3180 Před 7 lety +1

      Brian Savage it 12 yards longer not 4

    • @corbinwells6865
      @corbinwells6865 Před 6 lety

      Get a life kids

  • @asalawson2960
    @asalawson2960 Před 7 lety +4

    For everyone that's saying it's 162, yeah obviously, but he means they have 81 home games that they need to prepare the field for

  • @ezradavis3762
    @ezradavis3762 Před 7 lety +62

    Lol all these provoked commenting "oh there's 162 games in a season not 81! He doesn't know what he's talking about"... theres 81 home games people use ur heada

    • @zacharypierson4932
      @zacharypierson4932 Před 6 lety

      A Baller he has a burger as his profile picture.... How the hell did you get Yankees out of that?

    • @ar_cubing_gaming9865
      @ar_cubing_gaming9865 Před 6 lety +1

      Use your grammar then. Heada->head

    • @kkyoootz184
      @kkyoootz184 Před 5 lety

      @@ar_cubing_gaming9865 actually thats not grammar, its spelling
      yeet yeet

    • @djbeezy
      @djbeezy Před 4 lety

      It was the way he said it.

  • @daltonkimbro8405
    @daltonkimbro8405 Před 7 lety +53

    When I hear him say 81 games and go to the comments to see how many baseball "experts" try and correct him when he knows what he's saying...hahaha

  • @rljacksonsgamingandpcbuild6375

    As someone who just prepares fields for my local boys and girls club, which is significantly easier than the majors due to much smaller fields and much lower expectations from fans, players and coaches, I can appreciate this video. Prepping baseball fields is very high in work, and is often overlooked or underappreciated.

    • @stevegonzalez4811
      @stevegonzalez4811 Před 4 měsíci

      I know what you mean i prep baseball and softball fields for highschool i work for its pretty cool once you have it down.

  • @1220LOUIE
    @1220LOUIE Před 7 lety +4

    There's nothing like a Major League ballpark, I would love to see all 30 of them.

  • @SimpleLyfe
    @SimpleLyfe Před 6 lety +1

    Went to a game last September of 2017, beautiful stadium i must admit.

  • @K3PPL3R
    @K3PPL3R Před 7 lety +5

    This makes me want to go to a game

  • @manuelcanelo6670
    @manuelcanelo6670 Před 6 lety

    This is awesome 😮😮

  • @xcrunner1998
    @xcrunner1998 Před 7 lety +112

    What's with the Christmas Music?

    • @MrChip1841
      @MrChip1841 Před 7 lety +10

      xcrunner1998 this was filmed during the halfway to Christmas event that they have every year, sometime around June

    • @scottiecatania4210
      @scottiecatania4210 Před 6 lety

      Joseph Duenas apparently it’s in September in the description

    • @jordanlazo7468
      @jordanlazo7468 Před 6 lety

      Look at the scoreboard

    • @mathewbrennan_1373
      @mathewbrennan_1373 Před 6 lety

      xcrunner1998 who’s doesn’t like Christmas?

    • @xeugl
      @xeugl Před 6 lety

      Lol

  • @cotedazure
    @cotedazure Před 2 lety

    Helmet nachos looked great!

  • @senor_cito4197
    @senor_cito4197 Před 6 lety +1

    0:49 it's played in the hottest months of the summer and at the stadium there's Christmas music

    • @Inversiondude
      @Inversiondude Před 3 lety

      Angels stadium has a game like that to celebrate half christmas in july!

  • @husker53j
    @husker53j Před 7 lety

    SIMply HAVing a WONDERFUL christmas time

  • @vincefromshamwow8047
    @vincefromshamwow8047 Před 7 lety +2

    I think he means 81 home games

  • @wrightway65
    @wrightway65 Před 7 lety +3

    GO ANGELS!!!

  • @wildfire7268
    @wildfire7268 Před 4 lety

    1. posterior gray horns
    2. posterior rootlets
    3. anterior root
    4. spinalganglion
    5. denticLJlate ligament
    6. posterior primary ramus
    7. anterior primary ramus

  • @hudsonjacobs1549
    @hudsonjacobs1549 Před 7 lety

    That would actually be fun

  • @rcnrca
    @rcnrca Před 6 lety

    well, the area of a circle is A = pi*r^2. Since the field is 90 degrees wide (from each foul lines, not including anything outside the foul lines) just get the area and divide that by 4. (3.14)(396)^2 = about 492651 ft, divide that by 4 and you get about 123163 square feet of ground plus a few more if you include the areas outside the foul lines.

  • @1Deejay7
    @1Deejay7 Před 5 lety

    Rake like a champion hahaha

  • @karkarmich3669
    @karkarmich3669 Před 7 lety +2

    at the begging i couldnt focus on what the people were saying all i could focus on was the music in the background... XD

  • @Connor-lf5rj
    @Connor-lf5rj Před 4 lety +1

    I maintain a schools baseball field and nothing is funnier when people haven’t used it in 2 months and then they want it ready to go in 2 days not understanding the amount of labor involved

  • @matthewdischer1899
    @matthewdischer1899 Před 5 lety +3

    Who else had this pop up in there recommended??

  • @mayasettles3090
    @mayasettles3090 Před 7 lety

    Angles! Yass! That's my team! 😀

  • @crisgames7505
    @crisgames7505 Před 5 lety +1

    He knows it 162 games a season

  • @dylanparadis4110
    @dylanparadis4110 Před 7 lety +6

    7,624 sq.ft. now give this a like cuz that was hard as f*ck

  • @choloricepatty3854
    @choloricepatty3854 Před 6 lety

    I love Christmas mickos

  • @Yogi-kt9vi
    @Yogi-kt9vi Před 7 lety +1

    81 home 81 away 162 total

  • @Doofyy11
    @Doofyy11 Před 7 lety

    Wow I want that job!

  • @sometime.somewhere
    @sometime.somewhere Před 5 lety

    Its kinda like working as stage crew in theatre, waiting for scene changes, interval etc

  • @aidanfean9307
    @aidanfean9307 Před 7 lety +1

    I have a question that probably won't get answered but do the members of the grounds crew ever get to meet or get autographs from the players?

    • @andrewmichos3404
      @andrewmichos3404 Před 7 lety +1

      Aidan Fean they are expected to be professional and not ask the players for autographs or treat them like they are fans. It's part of the expectations of the job. They definitely meet the players and are around them but they can't get autographs, not on the job at least.

  • @NBCJUGGALO
    @NBCJUGGALO Před 7 lety

    wow I work security out at the big A there's​ things I didn't even know :)

  • @AE-vu3nt
    @AE-vu3nt Před 6 lety

    This is why baseball is the best sport.

  • @mateogonzales8245
    @mateogonzales8245 Před 7 lety +169

    It's 162 games in a season

    • @frozenlava8741
      @frozenlava8741 Před 7 lety +9

      MacKa AlpaCa 81 games at 1 field. 81 dispersed between 29 others.

    • @advancedbaseball1423
      @advancedbaseball1423 Před 7 lety +4

      Frozen Lava undertake the reply but you don't play all 29 other teams in the league in one season

    • @christianwiggins3167
      @christianwiggins3167 Před 7 lety +19

      Mateo Gonzales it's 81 home games + 81 away games = 162 total games

    • @midnmusic2217
      @midnmusic2217 Před 7 lety +4

      Wiggins Inc. he's talking about home games

    • @shwnbtchldr
      @shwnbtchldr Před 7 lety +3

      He wasn't talking about 81 home games, he was talking about the players running around in "81 games per season". Nothing to do with just home games.

  • @ImTurtleZz
    @ImTurtleZz Před 7 lety

    It called a 7th inning stretch

  • @senor_cito4197
    @senor_cito4197 Před 6 lety +1

    The reason he said 81 is because a team has 81 home games

  • @larrybearable
    @larrybearable Před 7 lety

    Grounds work for the fields is lot of work only problem to it your going to have to have patience because it gets really old real fast

  • @Cowpoke.503
    @Cowpoke.503 Před 5 lety +6

    there are 162 games not including post season

    • @orionknakmuhs8935
      @orionknakmuhs8935 Před 5 lety +2

      He's talking about the games played at home

    • @Cowpoke.503
      @Cowpoke.503 Před 5 lety

      They take care of the field every day

    • @slimydick23
      @slimydick23 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Cowpoke.503 all 12 guys are not there during long road trips because all that needs to be done is mowing. Sprinklers are automatic and no stripes or infield dirt work needs to be done.

  • @lukesiciliano5632
    @lukesiciliano5632 Před 7 lety

    Y was there a christmas song in the background?😂

  • @MogensenEdits
    @MogensenEdits Před 7 lety

    I would do it just for the recliner😂😂

  • @triplegmoneygiordani7223
    @triplegmoneygiordani7223 Před 5 lety +1

    My guy said 81 games a season😂

    • @cashdoolin8571
      @cashdoolin8571 Před 5 lety

      Triple g money Giordani at home bro 🤦‍♂️ use your brain

  • @nisiservusdomini402
    @nisiservusdomini402 Před 7 lety

    Let's go Angels

  • @tonycaramuccijr2672
    @tonycaramuccijr2672 Před 7 lety

    Why is there Christmas music playing when they were meeting the head groundskeeper

  • @silencedknight
    @silencedknight Před 7 lety

    The Los Angeles angels of Anaheim = the the angels angels

  • @jakecalvello8207
    @jakecalvello8207 Před 5 lety

    Its about 100,000 sq feet of space to maintain

  • @thegoldenboy294
    @thegoldenboy294 Před 6 lety

    do they use hybrid grass?

  • @K3PPL3R
    @K3PPL3R Před 6 lety

    I want to sign up for that

  • @_zappy
    @_zappy Před 5 lety +1

    RIP Tyler Skaggs

  • @joshualuellen3313
    @joshualuellen3313 Před 6 lety

    There is 164 games in a mlb season! They have home games usually 82 home games

  • @robertgross1345
    @robertgross1345 Před 7 lety

    Anyone else notice the Christmas music in the background?

  • @kyleweatherford5768
    @kyleweatherford5768 Před 5 lety +1

    He just said 81 games a year

  • @tylerwinthorpe4039
    @tylerwinthorpe4039 Před 7 lety

    Wow

  • @lauraatayde8774
    @lauraatayde8774 Před 7 lety

    51 years od
    of opening

  • @Brandon-ri3oq
    @Brandon-ri3oq Před 7 lety

    There are 81 home games

  • @ashder9773
    @ashder9773 Před 7 lety

    Did anyone else hear the Christmas music playing in the background of the beginning of the video

  • @thomasguy4324
    @thomasguy4324 Před 7 lety +14

    OMG I AM THE 100,000 THOUSANDTH VIEW I KNIW NOBODY CARES BUT THAT MADE NY DAY

  • @23x31
    @23x31 Před 4 lety +1

    Great occupation for the GED graduate.

  • @elijahhowe1108
    @elijahhowe1108 Před 6 lety

    Is it Christmas in July lol

  • @nickellis2364
    @nickellis2364 Před 7 lety +23

    y was a Christmas song playing

  • @maxlightwood7962
    @maxlightwood7962 Před 7 lety

    The song at 1:00

  • @_buckscontent_
    @_buckscontent_ Před 5 lety

    162 games but 81 home games

  • @Notredame-js1dl
    @Notredame-js1dl Před 7 lety

    It's 81 home games and 81 away sooo...

  • @talonlangford8228
    @talonlangford8228 Před 6 lety

    Each player would hold 44 feet of it was distributed evenly

  • @lidiaorozco5550
    @lidiaorozco5550 Před 7 lety

    That's looks like a job for me

  • @ccubsfan94
    @ccubsfan94 Před 6 lety

    Should show the field while its covered in a shiton of dirt for supercross.

  • @moronmonkey1
    @moronmonkey1 Před 5 lety

    81 home games*

  • @mr.5ive111
    @mr.5ive111 Před 2 lety

    Dream Job

  • @poppyb536
    @poppyb536 Před 7 lety

    So......why are they playing a Paul Mcartney Christmas song in the background

  • @aidanschultz2221
    @aidanschultz2221 Před 5 lety

    Isn’t their 162 games a year 82 is in basketball

  • @Andino.
    @Andino. Před 4 lety

    What's their salary?

  • @Art_official_intelligenc3

    I like the guy with more hair on the bottom of his face than the top of his face.. he's good.

  • @rkoopmans8536
    @rkoopmans8536 Před 7 lety

    Hate to break it but Anaheim isn't in Los Angeles.

  • @tddust1459
    @tddust1459 Před 6 lety

    It’s a full football field

  • @dylanbacker6958
    @dylanbacker6958 Před 7 lety

    It's a lot

  • @aidanschultz2221
    @aidanschultz2221 Před 5 lety

    He said 81 games a season

  • @davidmcaninch4714
    @davidmcaninch4714 Před rokem

    This is interesting and all, but why was there a Beatles’ Christmas song playing?

  • @kellerallen6692
    @kellerallen6692 Před 7 lety

    Jesus that's a lot of games. I thought they played like 80 so r they playing every day?

  • @AM-cg3nt
    @AM-cg3nt Před 7 lety

    Christmas song playing?

  • @djbeezy
    @djbeezy Před 4 lety

    They literally play twice as many games.

  • @retreathell10
    @retreathell10 Před 7 lety

    Crisp

  • @aidendemello6317
    @aidendemello6317 Před 6 lety

    81 games multiplied by 2, then you got how many games in a season

  • @BASavage81
    @BASavage81 Před 7 lety +1

    This guys make up makes him seem like he's Jacob Marley. Still interesting though.

  • @ElBorichamo
    @ElBorichamo Před 4 lety

    How are you so pasty working in that sun?!?

  • @alldayeveryday6464
    @alldayeveryday6464 Před rokem

    This guy apparently doesn't want to

  • @bobjerryandlakeland6276

    By saying ‘the math’does that mean look it up on google

  • @gsgoss815
    @gsgoss815 Před 5 lety

    4752 inches

  • @reverendbigred
    @reverendbigred Před 6 lety

    What would be more important how it looks or how it performs? Or is it both?? Anywho go Halos!!

  • @agentsmith7866
    @agentsmith7866 Před 7 lety

    my dad does this but for golf courses? Gets over 120k a year. I wounder how much this guy makes.

  • @nicolasrufino3377
    @nicolasrufino3377 Před 6 lety

    Why is Christmas music there

  • @kylemorris5820
    @kylemorris5820 Před 7 lety

    Why is there Christmas music

  • @trevormckendry1439
    @trevormckendry1439 Před 5 lety

    162 games a year

  • @jacksonroth1427
    @jacksonroth1427 Před 7 lety

    not more work than I'd think, I knew that shit wasn't easy

    • @deawesomegamer5859
      @deawesomegamer5859 Před 7 lety

      Jackson Roth there's 81 home games and 81 away games for each team and that equals 162 games overall, they get somewhere around 20 days off during the regular season, so they play around 8 of every 9 days

    • @jacksonroth1427
      @jacksonroth1427 Před 7 lety

      DeAwesomeGamer okay, I know this. I've played baseball since '03, currently playing for MapleWoods MCC (where Pujols went) so I know they put a lot of effort in. I've witnessed it haha

    • @zacharypierson4932
      @zacharypierson4932 Před 6 lety

      DeAwesomeGamer I know this is an old comment but I think you replied to the wrong comment and I saw the one I think you meant to reply to.

  • @joseppi4cinqua
    @joseppi4cinqua Před 6 lety

    436,078 square feet.